A Year of Forgiveness

We’re only a few months into 2016. I made a commitment last winter in January, realizing the changes ahead, to be a more forgiving person in my life. ‘A Year of Forgiveness’ is also the working title of a longer story I’ve been working on. It deals a lot with motifs of a father and son, masculinity and personal growth, death. All by the sea, the water. One of the more inspirational quotes at the forefront of the script is by Anais Nin:

“My first vision of earth was water veiled. I am of the race of men and women who see all things through this curtain of sea and my eyes are the color of water. I looked with chameleon eyes upon the changing face of the world, looked with anonymous vision upon my uncompleted self. I remember my first birth in water.”

I’m also aware that to forgive is to set free.

I’m aware, too, that the great gift of aging is becoming the person you were always meant to be. These are people I miss, in my heart, that I’ve had to let go of or depart from over the last few years. That is part of forgiving for me. Letting go to something, someone, who just doesn’t work or fit in your life anymore. For a lot of reasons, for growth and pain, for ambition and past, for forgiving. 2016 will be the year of forgiveness because I’ve made it so. Because I keep coming back to it thoughtfully.