Forgive Me!

Enjoying the sunset on the beautiful island of Jamaica, and watching the waves ebb and flow in the opposite direction, the cry of seagulls, ernes, old-man-Joes, and other birds call out to me as they fly across the sky. Their eyes aimed at the sea, ready to feast on any fish that is curious enough to come to the surface. A female voice cut through and wailed, “Here, look into my bag!”

Silence maintain for a while and a male voice probed, “What am I looking for?”

“Forgiveness! You see any in there?” she asked. “What, do you think I walk around with a bag full of forgiveness so every time you decide to be stupid you can rely on me to forgive you?”

Glancing in their direction, her pain and anger showed as she was glowing as the sun slowly slipped further behind the clouds, and darkness increases its presence.

“I am sorry,” he pleaded. “I didn’t mean to do it!”

Nodding, as years of pain and regret rendered her weak, she cried, “You don’t learn from your mistakes, so you will never run out of ‘I am sorry’. But I have no forgiveness left inside me. You took them all. I can’t do this anymore Peter!” She walked away from the sunset, his eyes painted with ‘I am sorry’ following her.

Learn from your mistakes, so your loved ones won’t run out of FORGIVENESS. Can we run out of forgiveness?