When you live forgiveness <br />You pave a gentle way <br />To guide you through your lifetime <br />Tomorrow and today <br /> <br />Forgiveness habits in daily life <br />Color all you see <br />And paint a kind warm loving world <br />And brings it home for free <br /> <br />Forgiveness given toward friend and foe <br />Creates a solid base <br />Those many little errors <br />Are easily erased <br /> <br />Perfection and forgiveness <br />Usually not the same <br />Forgiveness trumps perfection <br />And renders judgement lame <br /> <br />Resentments and forgiveness <br />Are contrary traits <br />Living in the latter <br />Oviate's man's hates <br /> <br />Forgiving loving thoughts <br />About your state today <br />Chases away the darkness <br />And brightens up the day <br /> <br />If your forgiveness is wide enough <br />You'll excuse frustrating things <br />And escape those chilling thoughts <br />And the iciness they bring <br /> <br />Forgiving folks radiate <br />A glow in face and gait <br />They can be approached for warming ways <br />And not the ice of hate <br /> <br />Forgiving body's health <br />Is well in spirit's ways <br />If you're healthy in your heart <br />It's what you want today <br /> <br />The concept of forgiveness <br />At least latent down inside <br />When it is deeply nurtured <br />We have no need to hide<br /><br />Ray Andrews<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/forgiveness-10/
