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Day 1893: What Antoine Leiris taught me about forgiveness

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Forgiveness is refusing to give people the power to hurt you any more than they already have – that’s what Antoine Leiris taught me.

It’s  12 : 47 PM on day 1803 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray,  read Romans 10, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing  –Egress [e·gress] n. The action of going out of or leaving a place. “The company’s egress procedures.”– have breakfast, make sandwiches for the kids in our sisi’s (housekeeper’s) neighborhood with sisi’s  help as part of  Virginia’s Sandwich Run – (thank you sisi for all your help today) – and hang out with my sister (she’s back from varsity for summer break)

 

Yesterday I watched “Paris attacks: “I won’t give you the gift of hating you”” – Antoine Leiris’s message to the terrorists who killed his wife in the Paris Attacks – I was so moved by the strength of this man and inspired by his refusal to be changed by this horrible thing that happened in his life. Watch “Paris attacks: “I won’t give you the gift of hating you”” below:

Day 1888: To Paris With Love From South Africa

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There is a small percentage of the world’s population that is the definition of evil– that’s what I keep realizing.

 

It’s  12 :  17  PM on day 1898 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray,  read Romans 5, publish my Disability of the Day feature, publish my Kid of the Week feature, learn one new thing –Sentient [sen·tient] adj. Characterized by sensation and consciousness. Able to perceive or feel things: “Sentient life forms.”–  have breakfast,  work on my future project and help mom wrap Christmas presents for my current local project.

 

Yesterday morning I awoke to the news of the Paris Attacks needless to say I was (and still am) shocked and heartbroken I can’t wrap my head around the fact that a group of “people” came together to intentionally inflict pain on other human beings I could live to be a thousand and I still won’t understand. I would like to express my deepest condolences to the people of Paris please know that you are not alone the world mourns with you and strongly condemns these barbaric acts of violence.

 

Also to the people of Syria and Lebanon please know that your suffering is not forgotten I hope and I pray that one day all who are from Syria and Lebanon can return home and live in peace.