Sometimes you cannot wait until you move out of anger to move. To wait for forgiveness to give you the green light to move forward may take a lifetime.
Trugritter I know exactly what you're saying up there, but it also smacks of a Utopian and perfect world.
No one can ever say what their motives truly are. Many things push from the subconscious level and we aren't even aware of it. We all have blindspots, and we will take many of those to our graves - if you can't see the blindspots how can you possibly question the motives if they are driven by a blind-spot?
You can't possibly tell me everything you do is out of a pure motive void of any negativity or negative flavor. No one can. This I can assure you, or that person would have to be perfect.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not attacking your point of view. I once held such a high standard and have found it didn't work for me. In a vacuum, maybe, but not in the 'reality' I find myself in.
I would be remiss if I was to claim I didn't want some form of revenge or payback. Not from me but from life. As time goes on that desire has decreased and I expect it to eventually disappear all together. But I am not in that place yet. But still, I must act. I catch myself when I see I'm acting out of bad motives, but I can guarantee there have been many actions soured with ill feelings which went right past my radar. I do my best. It's all I can expect.
Even Jesus flipped the tables with anger in the Temple. :-)
"Anger is the poison you drink waiting for the other person to die."
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