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Nov 11, 2010:
At 11 am, my coworkers and I missed the moment of silence. We made up for it with a very powerful silent video followed by a wonderful home-made mv of K'naan's "Wavin' flag" after lunch.
As a Canadian, each year I feel a patriotic urge to buy a poppy from the first veteran I see. This year was an exception. Partially due to busier schedule and bad timing (often no cash in my pockets when I do see people selling poppies), I ended up having a bare lapel on my jacket.
I feel a slight tinge of guilt at the sight of people proudly displaying their poppies when I'm not sporting one.
It is only when we pass along the lessons and memories from the war that we can truly honour those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
The greatest honour and legacy one can have is to be remembered for all their actions on earth.
Money can be passed along from generation to generation, but eventually it'll run out. Likewise other similar material goods. Memories is a different thing.
It can change a person; it can affect the soul.
Lest we forget.
ps. By no means do I condone war.
If we don't learn from the mistakes of a dark past afflicted with war, how can we move towards a brighter future imbued with peace?
Forgetting -
On a contrasting note, forgetting is just as important as remembering.
Of course, this applies to forgetting the negativities one is faced in everyday life and in one's past.
For more details refer to yesterday's post (http://ideadrivr.blogspot.com/2010/11/beautiful-day.html).
Forgiving -
As a consequence of the idea.drivr from yesterday. The change.drivr for the next few days will be dishing out a hearty helping of forgiveness.
It's easier said than done, that's why it'll be the change.drivr action for the next few days (until Sunday the 14th).
Someone wronged you, hurt you, or just fully annoys you. It's bound to have happened in your life. Find that one incident/person that's recurrently affecting your emotions/mental well-being. Come to peace with the situation. Find that inner strength to forgive. Really forgive. Forgive from the heart and soul.
It may take you some time to find that inner strength or come to terms with the concept of forgiveness, but in the end, you'll find yourself feeling better. It'll lighten the load on the mind and soul, and cause you to be able to exceed and surpass your current self.
Soon you'll be driving ideas and driving change.
If you're a dreamer, believer, enabler, go dream, believe, and do.
What if you've tried to forgive someone so many times but you always end up just letting yourself down? Sometimes it just feels like there's no more point...
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ReplyDeleteIt's true, sometimes it hurts to forgive so many times, but you missed a step: you must also forget the negativities. Forgetting makes forgiving much easier (especially when you have to forgive repeatedly)
I've been blessed with an excellent memory, but at times, I also have the memory capacity of a gold fish. I remember the good things and forget the not-so-good things.
It'll help to also view each time you forgive someone as a new second chance.