forgive and forget

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Forgive and Forget.

 

An old man once had an argument with his only son. He tried to apologize

many times but the young man would not listen. The father never gave up

because he loved his son with all his heart, but the son would not give

in,

because he was too blinded by his pride.

 

Years passed and as the man lay in his deathbed, he made a final attempt

to

reconcile with his son, but still he would not listen and so the father

died

with a heart full of grief.

 

During this time the son too had a child who had now grown up into a

young

adult. To this child he never mentioned his father and when the young

man

asked about his grandfather he would tell him never to mention him

again.

 

One day, they too were both involved in a hot argument and his son fled

away

as his father did many years before. The man was extremely saddened and

this

time he had no pride, but felt completely isolated.

 

He was afraid that he had lost his son forever and for the first time

after

many years he turned to God in prayer. At that moment something filled

his

heart and he realized how his father must have felt many years back. He

remembered how he had hurt his old man and only at that point he

realized

the extent of the hurt he had caused. The more he thought the more he

understood how unjust he was with his old father, the man who gave him

everything through out his life.

 

With these sad thoughts he fell asleep on the couch. Next morning when

he

opened his eyes he found himself tucked in his bed and in front of him

stood

his son. The man could not believe his eyes, and the two hugged each

other

while they cried together.

 

After lots of apologies, the young man explained that up till the day

before

he felt lots of hatred towards his father, but during the night he had a

strange dream that touched his heart. He dreamt that an old man was

hugging

him, and as he embraced him, all his hatred turned into love. The old

man

then told him to forgive and forget.

 

He then explained that as soon as he woke up he came running to his

father's

house.

 

At this point the man told his son that on the same night, he learnt an

important lesson, and how he had let his father down when he was

younger.

The son wanted to know more about his grandfather who he never met or

even

saw, and this was the most appropriate time.

 

The man went to an old bookshelf and fetched an old family album. He

then

picked an old photograph of his father and when the son saw it, he

remained

dumb-founded.

 

The son then explained that the man in the photograph was the same one

he

dreamt of the night before.

 

Story written By Vincent Magro-Attard, Malta

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Hope that everyone is well and having a good day.

 

Harold

http://gemsofthought.tripod.com/poetry/

 

 

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