Forgiveness

Forgiving is a term I honestly do not understand. I understand the concept, the words, the idea, but not the feeling. And yet I believe I forgive without any of this.

I forgive as a child does. It is part of my makeup. It happens organically because I breathe. 

I cannot seem to choose it. It doesn't work that way for me. To choose it, I would have to have some understanding of how it works.  I don't.

And yet, I have that feeling of peace that floods the light when forgiveness occurs. Sometimes I don't even know it happened except in retrospect.

I am like a child. in so many ways. Once I thought this was not a good thing, but as I grow older I realize it really is.