Most of us have boxes that we've moved from place to place and still haven't unpacked. There is a weight there that we barely notice -- it just blends into the background.
Bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander can do the same -- we carry them for so long that they become a part of us, and we don't notice the way they weigh down the soul. When I run for President, maybe this will be my slogan -- imagine how much more at peace we'd be as a country if we could set down our anger and malice and wrath and be kind to one another, rather than react out of fear or bitterness that we've been carrying around for years. If we realized the incredible gift of forgiveness that we didn't deserve and thought about how that should shape our interactions with others. Think about how that could change a family, a community, a country! Who can you start with?
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