Deb girl I didn’t see that but my daughter did and she was so angry with the brother. I told her she was not wrong to be angry and she said the same thing Mark said. She’s tired of black people making our entire race look weak via religion and a misconception of what it means to serve the Most High. I tell you what, I am one who says forgiveness is overrated, what I mean by that is it, like everything else, has been taken out of context and abnormally exaggerated, making it a sickening thing sometimes. If someone killed one of my children, my mate, my grandchildren, anyone I love, I will no harbor hate but I will be indifferent. I pray they get everything Karma has to give them, and I never want to have anything else to do with that person. I will not forgive or I will not forget. Let me put it like this, I do not forgive the officer that gunned down Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, the one who strangled Eric Garner I don’t forgive any of them, not in the sense that it is perceived today, I’m not of a mind to embrace and show any form of affection or compassion to cold-blooded killers not me. It is a milestone I struggle with. I’ll pray for them, pray that they get everything karma has for them and I wash my hands, my mind, and my spirit of them, I’m done.
Thank you Tony, that’s it for me too. Don’t let your life be consumed with bitterness and desires for revenge. That is what forgiveness looks like.
Emily, you are absolutely right and I absolutely agree with every single word you said.