Saving the M and caring for a baby

[25yearsmlc]

Well said^^^...

I've also heard that holding onto anger to punish someone else, is like lighting yourself on fire and hoping to get smoke in their eyes...

Anyhow,
I heard this story long ago and posted it somewhere here, but cannot find it now…so here it is.

To Forgive or Not to Forgive?

And so it happened that the skies everywhere turned dark and thunderous and suddenly a voice from above said "The world will end in 7 days." Upon hearing this, people everywhere noticed that suddenly everyone's faces began to change colors. Their faces bore the colors & marks of their sins. For instance, some had green on their face for envy or jealousy, red for lust, or their foreheads had "A" on them for adultery, "T" for thieves, etc. "L" for liars, etc.

People wondered what had happened and governments thought their enemies had tried to intimidate them. Others thought a prank had been played on them.

The next day the same clouds hovered over and the same loud voice told everyone everywhere, "The world will end in 6 days."

Politicians and celebrities began wearing hats and head coverings so no one could see their sins. Others avoided seeing their neighbors or families.

This alarmed people as they began to wonder what it could mean and where the voice came from.

The next day the same things happened and the voice said "The world will end in 5 days." People began to arm themselves and prepare for an attack or plague and to fight with those whom they felt had betrayed them.

The next day the voice again said "The world will end in 4 days". People began to give their wealth away and do favors for others.

The next day the voice said "The world will end in 3 days." By now people were in full panic mode. They tried to hide and flee the cities. The voice said "The world will end in 2 days"…and people began to gather in churches, synagogues, mosques and temples of all sorts. They prayed and prayed but still the voice said, "The world will end in 1 day."

In one home a couple looked out their window at the clouds gathering. The husband had the mark of adultery on his head and the wife had the green marks of jealousy and envy on hers. The husband turned to his wife and said

"You are the only woman I ever truly loved. I'm so sorry I hurt you, Can you please forgive me?" And she said "oh Yes I forgive you. And I'm sorry for the terrible ways I hurt you. Will you forgive me?" And he too, said "I forgive you."

Suddenly their faces cleared completely as they held each other tightly hugging. When they realized that their faces had cleared, and why, they spread the word.

Brothers who had been estranged for years put aside their resentments, and embraced, couples reconciled, people let go of the past, people reached out to ask forgiveness, and they FORGAVE each other…and the faces cleared as did the skies above…

And the world did not end.