Forgiveness

Before going any farther in my musings let me say this is not religious in of itself, but something in the gospel reading and sermon started me thinking about if there was someone I needed to forgive and I couldn't think of anyone right off hand. Someone ask Jesus how many times you should forgive someone and he said seventy times seventy. Well, in nearly 50 years of marriage I have probably done that with my beloved at least two rounds. Joking...maybe not. But...thinking of other people in my life I couldn't think of anyone I needed to forgive. Of course there are times I feel slighted, but who doesn't? Perhaps my memory is short (we know that) and I just forget and that is truly a gift for the next time I meet up with the person who has said I looked like I had gained weight or they thought I should do something about that big mole on my nose or even that I may consider a facelift, I don't even remember they said those hurtful things. I am finding at this time in my life that my life is getting shorter so why waste time on crap like that. Not too many things penetrate my thick skin. It is getting thicker all the time, especially my ugly feet. Oops, now I will have to forgive myself.

I know some of this is silly, but all these weird things often swirl around in my head when a word or phrase triggers them.

I was also going to talk about death, but I will leave that for another morbid post. Lord, I think I am around too many old people. And now I am one of them.