...to forgive, divine.

What does it mean to forgive?
Its harder than you think.
It goes beyond the words, "I forgive....".
Its deeper, much deeper than an outward gesture.
Its what you feel when you see someone, what you remember, what your mind keeps going back to.
Its easier to forgive enemies, I find it harder to forgive friends. Those from whom much was expected but not met. The stronger the ties the deeper the hurts.
Hurts that maybe outwardly forgiven but that inwardly fester. Like a sore. Like a bitter root. To raise its ugly head during times of strife and discord. So then what must we do?
What must be done?
Ask. Ask and you shall receive. Receive the ability to give. The ability to forgive.
That is the key. Ask. Ask the one who defined forgiveness. Who started it all. Who valued it so much that he died for it. Died so he could forgive. Me. And you. So that we could be forgiven.