Is being fair also being just? And being unfair is being unjust? Is to have fairness, also to have justice?
When I give and it is not reciprocated; when I love and it is not returned; is it only natural that I feel injustice? Is it only natural that I suffer?
Why can't I give, truly give? Why can't I love, truly love?
Why must my happiness depend on what the other can give me? Why must my joy depend on the love the other can offer me? Why can't I give, why can't I love without attachment, without possession, without expecting any return.
How joyful it must be to be able to truly give. How exquisite it must feel to be able to truly love.
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A REFLECTION ON VENGEANCE, VIOLENCE, NONVIOLENCE & RECONCILIATION
