Monday, April 16, 2012

Forgive and Forget.

“The crux of the matter is, of course, the question of forgiveness. Forgetting is something that time alone takes care of, but forgiveness is an act of volition, and only the suffer is qualified to make the decision” (Wiesenthal, 98) Forgive and forget is a typical moral many live by. Where “time alone takes care of” the suffering of the past, the memories will forever be hold. Everyone questions weather or not they should forgive either a best friend, mom, dad, brother, or sister. And, even God at some point in time. There are things that happen where we'll blame God or someone that the matter had nothing to do with. "He who is incessantly tortured in spite of his innocence soon loses his faith..." (Wiesenthal, 80) Being tortured is nothing that is God's fault. Sometimes, things happen that we can't control. 

Fait.

Thoughts rummaging threw my head as I wonder if I'll survive this chaos. All the lights and power are turning off, I hear that the ship has hit an iceberg, everyone is saying there goodbyes and telling there loved ones everything is going to be okay. I have nobody to say my goodbyes to. I think of my family back home and wonder if they'll hear of what is going on. The now unsinkable ship is starting creek and crack. The crew members of the ship are telling everyone to hurry, there's pushing and shoving and I'm working my way to the edge to the line of people for the last life boat. All I can think about now is how they were so supportive of an "unsinkable" ship. The matter of this happeing is noone's fault, but fait.