Enemies

"It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. "
William Blake, English engraver, illustrator, & poet (1757 - 1827)

Another long day - the mountain of challenges keeps growing but the valley or perhaps plateau at the other side is fertile. So I wake up earlier and roll my sleeves up. It's called being alive.

Why is it easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend? Is it simply expectations? You don't expect much from an enemy and so you are not as disappointed. With a friend, you expect much more and so you are disappointed much more easily. But is that enough to make forgiveness easier? Could it be that trust is a precious commodity the loss of which distorts one's emotional and psychological stability? Or is it simply that an enemy is further away from you and a friend is closer? Therefore there is more scope and hidden desire for the enemy to be brought closer; and therefore you seize the opportunity for forgiveness when it arrives...