They were two children playing on the beach, in the sunny morning. They were around three years old and had the attentive eyes of their mothers watching them over.

The girls were coming and goingby the seacarrying water in their little buckets, building forms in the sand.

In certain moment, a ball came across the game. Both wanted it and each one held it with more force, trying to take it away of the other.

Finally, Stephanie beat strong in the face of Nadineand took the ball to herself.

Immediately, the mothers went closer together. One, reproving her daughter by the bad behavior and insisting that she apologize.

The other comforting with kindness the attacked one, who was about to cry.

But not much time has passed and they were the two againin the sand again. Nadine, the girl who suffered the aggression, was the first to start the fun again. With her natural infant, she approached the other, bowed her head, looked at her in the eyes and asked:

Are you still mad at me?

Before the answer could come out of the lips of Stephanie, she launched another question:

Do you want to play with me?

And so they played until the night extended its mantle of stars and moonlight on the Earth.

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It would be good if we were like these children, capable to forgive, forget and move forward together.

How many times we have created serious problems, of large duration, only by the fact that we never give an inch of our own pride.

How many couples have troubled their relationship because one of them does not want to forgive the other by the aggressive word, by the unfortunate attitude of nastiness.

Many times, the aggressor tries to redeem himself. By experiencing difficulties to draw close and apologize, sends flowers with a note, a card.

But, instead of receiving what he expected, receives back the bouquet and the message.

Continuing the unwillingness of one, the rudeness of another, break up an affective commitment, creating serious consequences.

Years of friendship falter for nothing. And so little would have been enough.

It would be sufficient if we went back to the capacity of our childhood, when we were able to forget by the afternoon the indifference that was directed to us in the morning.

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Did you know that forgetting means to give the opportunity of redemption to whom offended us?

That the exercise of forgiveness requires a great amount of humility and selflessness?

Everyone needs to be forgiven by the faults of every day, by the nervousness of the answers, by the ironic criticism, by the neglect and indifference.

It was for this reason that Jesus recommended the unconditional forgiveness of the offenses, because we also need the forgiveness of our neighbor.

Spiritist Moment Team, from the fact occurred with Nadine Helena Marcon, in 1999.
March 8.2013.