Something wonderful happened in the late hours of Monday- yesterday. Two kids were involved in a fight and one got injured. His mum got to know that it was Boy B that injured him (for the sake of this article, I will call the injured boy -Boy A and the one that injured him Boy B). Boy B's mum went to Boy B house and in annoyance hit Boy B with a broom.
Let me quickly tell you about a superstition that has been in existence for a long in some parts of the country. It is believed that if you hit a male child with a broom, it might lead to him losing his reproductive. We all know this is a lie but I was shocked when I saw Boy B's mum flaring up and complaining about her son being hit with a broom. Everyone agreed that spanking the Kid because of the other is wrong, for it could have happened to either of the two. Kids are bound to fight and reconcile. But we all started laughing when Boy B's mother kept on clamouring about how the Broom will affect her son's penis. In the year 2021, someone still believes this farce?.
What we thought was a joke turned into a real fight. The women around tried to separate them but it seems the women were on drugs or some stimulants because they repel all attempts to separate them. It got to a stage that they tore each other's cloth and the young boys around started laughing. Trust my generation. They brought out their phones and started taking pictures and videos instead of intervening or attempting to stop the fight.
After much push and pull the women around were able to separate them. An elder in the community called the two of them and ask for each side of the story. They both narrated the story. Of course, each says it in a way that vindicates themselves and put the blame on the other. To confirm the story from the horse's mouth, the kids were summoned. But something surprising happened. The two kids were together, playing and smiling, oblivious to the activities happening around them. We all watched them with awe. These same kids are the reason why two grown-up women made a fool of themselves in the open. Watching those kids play I asked myself- "Why don't we act like children".
A child can be so forgiving. They don't hold grudges or keep malice for long. They fight almost every day but reconcile almost immediately. But we adults love to keep malice and we see it as a hard thing to forgive others.
Don't get this wrong. I'm not saying you should go back to the one who hurt you or a friend that seeks your downfall every time. Remember once beaten, twice shy. What I'm trying to say is how forgiving are we?. Do we hold grudges for long and plot the downfall of others?. If you are the type that believes life should be Tit for tat, the "You break my pen then I must break your pen" principle.
Please note that it's one thing to forgive someone and it's another to forget. Let's face the truth- you can't forget a bad deed someone has done to you. Even after asking for forgiveness and you forgave the person, the thought of what he did the previous time will still be fresh to you every time you see him. It’s normal but doesn’t mean you haven’t forgiven such a person.
As fate will have it, after watching the scene outside, I got in and the first article I saw was that of @FarmGirl ( because i love him) where she talked about how her aunt forgave her husband even after all he did. The man is dead now but I’m sure her aunt will have some kind of peace in her heart knowing she let go of everything before his death.
Is there anyone you have a “beef” with? Why don’t you pick up the phone and try to iron things out with them?. if you go about with an unforgiving heart, you feel some kind of heavy weight on your shoulder. This can only be taken away by finding a place in your heart to forgive and let go.
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Que grato fue para mi leer tu articulo y que aleccionador. Definitivamente Tu eres de los mios! Pienso que esto de arreglar problemas con gritos, peleas, agarrones, empujones no deja nada bueno al contrario deja que la peor version de ti salga a relucir y eso te daña lo mejor de ti...tu alma. Siempre lo hemos escuchado que debemos ser como niños y si, es asi, hay que esforzarse por conseguirlo pues esto hara que tu alma florezca y siempre sea un alma que transmita paz. En fin aunque parezca difícil hay que intentarlo. Te saludo y sigo tus publicaciones