Forgiving our Enemy is a Very Very Selfish Act.

If I were to tell you that forgiving your enemy is a very very selfish act. You will think that I am a mad guy.

But let us delve deeper. What is the enemy?

The enemy comes from the word "an eye for an eye." This comes from the connotation that two people, who are hurt, was wishing bad curses on each other.

This revelation makes you feel, more receptive to what, I have to say.

You will ask then, "Why it is a very very selfish act to forgive?"

When a person has an enemy, there is a thorn or scar in their heart due to animosity towards the other person.

The thorn in the heart is akin to the proverbs "thorn in the flesh", is a negative emotion that prevents our emotional maturity.

The scars in our heart are the injury that we don't want to forego for healing to take place.

So, if we collect the enemy, we will also collect thorns and scars in our heart.

The thorns and scars in our heart will make us feel painful, sad, resentment and unable to enjoy all the best, luxury and happiness, that lives could offer.

Our enemy is definitely happy if we were to suffer. Don't let our enemy make us suffer anymore.

Therefore, if we forgive and forget them, we remove the thorns and scars from our heart and we are able to live a happy, rewarding life and is also able to heal emotionally and become the son of man that we really are in reality.

So, "If we live a happy and rewarding life (when in theory our enemy wants us to really suffer), I believe is a very selfish act.

We don't have to play the script that our enemy set for us anymore.

We should play the script of a lovely and happy tune, which is rewarding, supporting our maturity and make us a lovable person.

Moral of the story: Remove the thorn and scars from our flesh and transform our self from the son of the beast to son of man.