Forgiveness

The theme of today's entry is forgiveness.  Yes.  Forgiving and all the things that go along with it.  I will be covering other topics as well however, I wanted to lead off with the most important one.  Question-- Can one really FORGIVE?

The saying goes "forgive but never forget."  Is that really possible?  Can they go hand in hand?  I'm currently torn due to a situation involving forgiveness.  I'm probably one of the most forgiving people; I can't stay mad at people and I'm always game for second, third and fourth chances.  My husband says I'm too nice and too optimistic that all people are good.  (whatever that means)

Part of me believes in the ol' clean slate.  Forgive, let's not bring it up again and move on with our lives.  the other side of me (the Libra deep within) can absolutely forgive, but NEVER forget.  Am I the only conflicted by this?  I guess when you get down to brass tax, depending on the hurt the other person inflicted on you is what really weighs in the decision to forgive.

For the record, I don't believe in grudges.  My mother says that my dad's side of the family is awesome at grudge-holding.  The only grudges I hold are against certain family members that have chosen to not be example-setting parents and ditch their kids in pursuit of other things.  I'm not sure if I can ever overlook such a situation.

The other piece of laundry I'd like to air is the thickness of politics these days.  I realize the election is months away however, people are super pumped to listen to all the candidate's riggamaroll.  Everyone is entitled to their own opinion-- Freedom in every sense of the word.  My patience is running real low listening to people bitch about Obama.  Below is a statement that I should coin into a bumper sticker:

To every American that voted in the most recent presidential election--  Obama didn't cause the economy to tank.  The bottom fell out after years (and a few presidents) of bad decision making from many people.  It would be IMPOSSIBLE for Obama to be the one source of a shitty economy, corrupt politics, the national public education structure in cahoots, increased gas prices and a myriad of other concerns.  It will take many years to get the US out of this mess.  Be patient and remember-- ROME was NOT built in 4 years.  Now, lay off the Kool-Aid.

One last thing, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck aren't in office and hopefully, never will be.