Most of the time, it seems as though the most important things are the things that are the most difficult to actually carry through. Difficulties come through various means, though. Eating, for example, is very easy in itself. Acquiring food - or resources for food - can be innately difficult. (If you want to feel guilty about something, the next time you're about ready to bite into your delicious food, remember that there are hungry people everywhere. Closer than any of us would like to imagine, even.)
In any case, I've been thinking a lot about forgiveness lately. If you think about it, physical beings forgive a lot easier than mental and emotional beings. Maybe "forgive" isn't the correct term, but I think it's appropriate. To give the idea a try, compare "healing" with "forgiving." I find it pretty easy to swap those in a sentence... except for time does not forgive all wounds. Arguably, it doesn't heal all wounds, either. I guess the analogy can still be valid, seeing as an unforgiven wound tends to fester, whether it's a physical or emotional injury.
In any case, bodies forgive easier than beings. My hair is pretty forgiving. I can deliriously hack at my bangs at two o'clock in the morning (when I'm most prone to taking haircuts into my own hands), and by the next morning, they don't look quite as bad as I feared... which often leads me to chopping at my remaining hair, to "even it up." Two inches and two days later, I get compliments on my new haircut.
I can deprive my body of sleep, and it rebels with a cold. If I add a couple hours of sleep every night, I'm often better within a couple of days. With moderate exercise, my metabolism forgives me for feeding my body the sugar it craves - and even builds a bit of muscle, while it's at it.
Unfortunately my mind doesn't forgive as easily as body. I think that's how it is for a lot of people. It's not so hard to forgive people you don't know.. it's the ones you do, who should "know" better. They're - maybe? - the most important ones to forgive, but the most difficult to carry it out on... at least in my opinion.
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