“Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.” – Clive Staples Lewis
The holiday season is the perfect time to practice the art of forgiveness. Bury the hatchets that have been stored in the cellar for so many months and/or years. Set your family or friends free from judgement and blame. In turn you’ll really be setting yourself free.
You’re life is nothing short of a miracle. You being right here, right now, is a remarkable feat of human perseverance. Don’t believe me? Then think about this:
In order for you to exist, there were countless others that had to endure hardship, famine, war, disease, and natural disaster. Many of us don’t think beyond three (Maybe four) generations, but the truth is that our existence follows a line of humanity that goes back to…well…the beginning. You are the legacy left by those who endured through the years.
Here are a few things that your ancestors had to endure in order for you to be here today (Just the last 2000 years):
0 – 476 AD: The Roman Empire
541 AD: Bubonic Plague
711 AD: The Moors
793 AD: The Vikings
1063 – 1295 AD: The Crusades
1162 -1227 AD: Genghis Khan
1480 – 1501 AD: Spanish Inqusition
1617 -1619: Small Pox (Multiple outbreaks within the Thirteen Colonies)
1845- 1852 AD:Great Famine (Irish Potato Famine)
1861 – 1865 AD: American Civil War
1905 AD: Bloody Sunday (Bolshevik Revolution)
1914 – 1919 AD: WWI (Mustard Gas)
1930 – 1936 AD: Dust Bowl Famine & Great Depression
1939 – 1945 AD: WWII (Holocaust & Atomic Bomb)
1948 – 1994 AD: Apartheid (South Africa)
1955 – 1968 AD: American Civil Rights Movement
1955 – 1975 AD: Vietnam War
1994 – 2000 AD: Rwandan Genocide
…. AND you’re still here.
