Just reiterating…

Todays Quote. One I’ve written many times, different words, same overtone.

Evoked by a random comment someone, somewhere made, ‘ it’s been 15 years, time to get over it, move on’.

When you carry perceived injustices, it doesn’t take much for you to feel the familiar tinge of unfairness. My words are genuine, there is no bitterness or anger, just a deep sense of injustice. (If there ever is anger it’s more about the fact that injustices are so easily accepted and perpetuated.) But, seeing someone flippantly suggesting, just get over it, stirs unresolved emotions. Emotions that will not be swept under a rug or denied. So when they demand a soapbox, they recieve it. Be it another quote, blog, journal entry, heartfelt conversation, random interaction, whatever presents, it will be acknowledged. And reaffirmed, with the same conviction that has yet to waver.

The quote succinctly puts into words my internal frame of reference regarding forgiveness, which is a prerequisite with life's simple misdemeanours. However it is not extended to the unforgivable, and each time I see someone nonchalantly suggest it should be, my resolve is once again affirmed. And my need to push the narrative for accountability stirred. It’s not so much my story that I want to bring to the forefront, it’s more about the glib manner in which some people dismiss a universal grief. Obviously my quotes come from a personal standpoint, but for me it’s more like a devils advocate stance. Like hang on a sec, there’s a whole other perspective and you just dismissed it.

So really nothing new to see here, just another affirmation that we do not have to forgive what we do not want to. Regardless of what the other side of the coin says.