Magnanimity - the 15th Ity.

Only 4 Ities more to go folks, bear with me :-)

(Photo credit: vol.25)

Okay. I confess. This Ity has me stumped.
Magnanimity is NOT my strong point...

When you hurt me, I tend to want to lash out straight away, or if that's impossible, later. Perhaps even much, much later.
So the above picture is as much for me, as for you...

I do know the theory, that forgiveness is good for the soul. That you suffer most yourself by not being able to forgive. So magnanimity should be a balm, really.
Then why does it come so hard?

By the way, totally and utterly irrelevant, but I have just learnt from one of those infamous internet tests that give you a personality trait after 9 questions with 3 possibilities (I mean - why do I waste my time on that? beats me!) that - wait for it - my Native American spirit guide is a cat. So now I will not feel guilty any longer for 'slapping you around the face with my infernal cats' (not my quote - someone gets tired of my cats...poor thing).

Ah! 

Hey, Cat Hater! I forgive you!

There. That wasn't so bad.

Perhaps I will get the hang of it.

For all of you who were betrayed.

Sometimes it happens out of the blue.
You feel you know someone (someone you've known and loved since 1987!) and WHAM!
In one instant you realise you don't know her at all. Not really.

I'm not going to tell you what happened to me today, exactly. That serves no purpose, as you don't know the person involved.
But let it suffice that I (my trust) was betrayed today. And it hurts.

Another friend (FB, but hey, a friend is a friend is a friend) told me not to fret. Karma would bite her on the bum.
I should do what is good for me. And forgiveness will be best for me. So...I'll try to forgive.

But first I will let Chi Coltrane tell it like it is!