Is your heart heavy laden with anger;

Are you wounded by the pierce of a word

That was spoken with thought unregarded;

Are you hurt by the things that you heard?

Do the sun and its rays all elude you;

Do your eyes never light in a smile?

Are you plagued with a need to get even;

Are your feelings as bitter as bile?

Then it’s time to let go of emotions

That afflict your mind and your soul,

And it’s time to start mending some fences,

With forgiveness your ultimate goal.

You may think that it’s hard to accomplish,

That your pride is too great to give in,

But the one who hangs on to resentment

Is the one who never will win.

For the person who is the big winner

And the person who’s learned how to live

Is not one who harbors ill feelings

But the one who has learned to forgive.

Ruth Gillis

– Ruth Gillis