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Look back not in anger,
though that might be a first
and justifiable
impulse.
Look back in sorrow if you must:
for opportunities ignored,
slights held tightly,
events uncomprehended,
needs unmet.
Look back with forgiveness.
How wonderful to do this, if you can.
Forgive yourself.
And then the others, none (well, few) of them
malicious but simply thoughtless,
careless,
and so self-concerned
that you were not even
on their radar screen.
(Note the parallel with your own self-concern.)
Forgiveness needn't account for
the totality of hurts
and scalding words
and misunderstandings.
Forgiveness needs only to forgive.
The essential (did I not tell you yet?)
is to start with yourself.
How wonderful.
How terrible.
How hard.
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