"Hatred never ends hatred, but by love alone is healed."

Jack Kornfield: The Ancient Heart of Forgiveness

 

I am not I.

I am this one

walking beside me whom I do not see,

whom at times I manage to visit,

and whom at other times I forget;

who remains calm and silent while I talk,

and forgives, gently, when I hate,

who walks where I am not,

who will remain standing when I die.

By Juan Ramón Jiménez
Translated By Robert Bly