What Saves You?

Or should I ask, who?

They say “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” We, as humans, make mistakes. We forget, we lie, and we retaliate. We step beyond ourselves to make sure our thoughts aren’t left unheard and sometimes, we hurt those we love. Then we feel guilty and rightly so. We would bleed out bare for this one person and all we did in their weakest moment was break and hurt and hide. Now, don't get me wrong, being hurt is a sad thing but being the one who hurt is the hardest of them all. Imagine the ocean, those waves, how they come crashing at the shore; they hurt themselves but they hurt the shore and then, they do it over again.

I have made mistakes, and like most of us, I have been in a dark place after realizing so. But is anyone ever at fault? No one does it intentionally and nothing permanently changes. You don’t stop caring, you don’t stop loving and you definitely don’t stop feeling. So this mistake, this error, this inevitable spiral towards conventional human behavior, how does it end? When does the guilt surpass? Maybe never, but there’s always this moment of realization, this particular “It is alright” that saves you. There’s always this one person that steps up and pushes aside all the hurt, just to save you, just to get to get you out of that abyss of guilt.

Find that person. Moreover, be that person. Be calm, be forgiving. Let go of what hurts you, save those that may have done so in ignorance. Learn and remember that each of these moments that we waste in anger are moments that will turn into ‘could have been’s and all of the love that we try to foolishly diminish because of hurt will become the only salvation.

I have always admired the grace that these beautiful people possess and count myself immensely blessed to have such people in my life that never fail to save me. And thus, I’m going to try. Try to step up, try to let go. And I ask you to try too, because at the end of the day, whether or not it saves someone, it will definitely save you.