Overcoming hatred



No matter where anyone stands on the South African issue this quote by the late Nelson Mandela shows how possible it is to forgive in the face of what you feel is great injustice.

It takes a big person to not feel hatred and bitterness after such an experience of imprisonment and a lengthy one.

I'm sure we are meant to learn from not only the experiences of other people but also the way they handle them and go on after the fact.

I believe it would be hard to forgive such an injustice.

But, Mandela found a way through the negativity of hatred, to realise that holding onto such emotions, would just keep him imprisoned even though he was free from being behind bars.

Have you suffered an injustice?

Tell us in the comments below, how it made you feel and what you learned from it, or what if anything came from it.

Thanks,

Beating the Odds
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