Mankind is
resilient. We struggle in the face of adversity. Men is oftenly ready to fight
for a sense of honor, to earn one's fear or respect. What man can't bare is an
adversary not willing to fight back, one who refuses to win nor lose. One who
turns the other cheek.
You see, I
used to believe this candid Christian motto was nothing but a sign of weakness and
masochist submission, now I can see another point of view. Superiority,
sympathy; “Forgive them father, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Where
you choose not to acknowledge or not to take offence by others behavior.
It can be wise,
but it’s also, of course, an act of cynicism that disregards another’s point of
view. Where you fail to recognize one as being capable of making one’s own
choices. It is dubious and confusing. For any and for this situation, be suspicious
of kindness.
Mankind is
oftenly killed by kindness, which can be seen as an act of greatness, or of
patronizing indifference. Unexpected or unwanted forgiveness may not be
forgiven because it gives a man an ultimatum.
It’s not
something one can disagree, since it has nothing to disagree about. One can
either resent the other by not accepting to be put in such situation of absence,
or to put his pride and self-righteousness aside in a
act of redemption, which feels like suicide, since its the death of ego. The
death of ego, it is the core of forgiveness as it is of being forgiven.
For both man,
it requires a paradoxical act of self-respect and selflessness. This is how you
transcend the fact, as a matter of fact, this is how you transcend any fact,
even the one in matter I can’t shut up about. It’s act within an act.
Turning the
other chick is also taking a stand, and that’s why you can never flight a
fight.
