A New Path

Beloved. 
Dear heart.
My love.
Stop this hurting yourself with hatred.
The malice which you harbor toward others harms you more than it does anyone else.
Yes, another may have hurt you. Yes, you are righteous in your anger.
And yes, to liberate yourself from the damage done, it is forgiveness which your heart craves.
Not because those who once inflicted pain upon you deserve forgiveness, and not because it is dogmatically correct by someone else's moral standards. 
Simply because you deserve to be free.
It is parts of our own past which we cannot process, and release with forgiveness that defines us. Contort us. Bring us down to the level of those who we can't forgive. 
With each thought which arises within your brain, a cascade effect of innumerable neurologic and physiologic responses follows. With each emotion, and each breath, you are building your own personal heaven, or your own personal hell. 
Hurt people, hurt people.
Wounded people, wound people. 
Break the cycle today. Find a new path. 
You deserve freedom. You deserve to thrive. You deserve peace.

-e