a lesson I have not learned

maybe I could print it backward

put it on my forehead

so I would see it every time

I looked in the mirror

maybe I should tattoo it

write it on the back of my hand

someplace I wouldn’t miss it

keeping it close by me

a lesson I have not learned

but one whose truth I affirm

so many years of heartache

holding onto harms

a lesson I have not learned

“The first to apologize is the bravest.

The first to forgive is the strongest.

The first to forget is the happiest.”

the author is unknown

but so much truth in this simple phrase

so many years of heartache

holding onto harms

October 17, 2014

a lesson I have not learned

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The first to forgive is the strongest.

The first to forget is the happiest.”

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