Sobre o perdão e sobre uma autora de quem gosto bastante

Apesar de publicar muito pouco sobre ela e sobre os seus artigos, a Vaneetha é das minhas autoras/ bloggueres favoritas.
Os textos dela levam-me sempre a reflectir sobre os assuntos que normalmente não gosto: dor, sofrimento e perdão.
(E só não gosto deles porque dão trabalho... mas é preciso ter coragem!)

Mas cá vai um trecho deste artigo:
"Why did I forgive?

I begin slowly, choosing my words carefully.

“To be honest I didn’t want to forgive. I never do. But the Bible tells us to forgive if we want to be forgiven. And forgiving those who wrong us brings glory to God. It shows the world Jesus.

“But forgiving has also helped me. When I carry around anger and bitterness over what someone has done, it eats at me, and almost controls my life. It’s almost like the bitterness follows me everywhere.

“I hate to admit it, but I take a twisted pleasure in replaying the offense, getting mad, being the victim. I feel entitled to those feelings- small consolations in the face of the injustices I’ve endured. But I know this pleasure is really poison. Poison that I am pouring into a gaping, already painful wound. That poison makes the wound fester, so I’m worse off than I was at the start. I’m in more pain, while the person who hurt me doesn’t even know, or care.

“I have found forgiveness is like a balm. It lets me heal. Keeps the wound clean. Enables me to move on.”"