November Word of the Month:
FORGIVENESS

No I have not lost track of what day it is.I realize that I still have a few days to go before November is here. Still, as Thanksgiving approaches the word forgiveness is at the forefront of my thoughts. Webster's says that forgiveness is the act of forgiving. Obviously to understand what that means I had to go to the root word,
FORGIVE:

1:to give up resentment of or claim to requital 

2:to cease to feel resentment against (an offender)

When I saw the definitions for FORGIVE, everything became clearer to me.
I often have a problem forgiving. There are people in my life that in my estimation have either acted towards or said things to or about me that I truly believe I will never forgive. 
Still every self improvement, personal development or spiritual growth leader I have ever encountered espouses that without being able to forgive , we can never reach our consummate selves.
The words to give up resentment and to cease to feel resentment have finally cleared the path for me to truly come to terms with FORGIVENESS.

Forgiveness is internal not external.
It is the ability to let go,to cease harboring resentment that eventually allows a person to move on. 
My conundrum has always been with the idea that forgiveness has something to do with mending ,something that I believe is impossible. 
A glass once shattered is shattered forever.
It's all about letting go! 
AHA!
What comes after that is yet to be determined.
Until such time as I choose to let go, I can never move on. 
Like a scar from any wound, there are and always will be reminders of the hurt and pain that came when the injury was first inflicted. 
Some scars are hardly noticeable.
 Some can be truly disfiguring. 
Neither means that there still can't be a tomorrow.
Relationships get scars. 
Let go, cease harboring and move on.
As Thanksgiving approaches, I know one thing for sure.
FORGIVENESS
 will be the centerpiece of the banquet of my life.
Shabbat Shalom!