If you want to see peace in Ukraine, start by making peace with brothers, sisters, children, cousins, friends, and neighbors. We are never, never, never, ever going to end the war in distant places as long as we ever, ever, ever, ever insist on holding the slightest resentment toward people near us.
It occurs to me that forgiveness is the ultimate demonstration of love. Of course you can't expect people to be perfect and perfectly lovable all the time. We are all imperfect, fallible, and we make mistakes to boot!
We have to forgive ourselves and each other for our fallibilities, otherwise we create an endless chain of pain and suffering, which can be stopped simply by letting go—forgiving, and letting go.
Thank you for writing this! I just published something on love too that touches on the idea of resentment by way of betrayal: https://moviewise.substack.com/p/what-is-love
It occurs to me that forgiveness is the ultimate demonstration of love. Of course you can't expect people to be perfect and perfectly lovable all the time. We are all imperfect, fallible, and we make mistakes to boot!
We have to forgive ourselves and each other for our fallibilities, otherwise we create an endless chain of pain and suffering, which can be stopped simply by letting go—forgiving, and letting go.