The Fragrance of Forgiveness

The Fragrance of Forgiveness

Aired Monday, March 15, 2021 at 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST

“I love them, I love them not. I love me, I love me not.” A puddle of petals lay at her feet as she sat on the garden bench ruminating over apologies, forgiveness, and closure. She had planted herself there, asking how she could open her heart and let love blossom.

The scent of self-judgment was thick, as the breeze blew by memories of wounds. Like a vine clinging to a wall of past pain and regret, she felt tethered to the need for apologies and felt unable forgive.

Anger, hurt, and unresolved feelings prevented her from blossoming. Freedom was nipped in the bud by hurt and self-loathing. How could relief take root if her soul was constantly soaked in resentment?

Sitting there feeling crushed, she suddenly noticed the hearty flowers that had pushed their way through the dirt to be kissed by the sun.

Those flowers didn’t worry about how they were going to bloom. They simply opened and turned towards the light.

In that soft moment while her heart started to open, she heard laughter coming closer from some playful children who ran by her. In their exuberance, they crushed some violets, and the air was filled with a fresh and light perfume.

“What a gift,” she thought. The children did not intend to harm the flowers during their blissful moments of play. Yet here she was, the receiver of a miracle from the last act of dying violets: a beautiful fragrance shed in forgiveness to those who crushed them.

Though a late bloomer to freedom, she could now feel that a miracle was being released. She understood how she could move on. She realized that forgiveness wasn’t a gift only for herself, but also for the offender and for those around her.

There was one petal left on the daisy she had been plucking. She paused and said, “I love me,” and sat there with a smile.

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” – Mark Twain

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1. Act is the crushing.

2. Miracle is the release (moving on).

3. Forgiveness is the fragrance.

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