It's all about forgiveness...

     Forgiveness is letting go of the need for revenge and releasing negative thoughts of bitterness and resentment. Forgiveness is not forgetting or pretending it did not happen. We can forgive Osama Bin Laden but we obviously will not forget the attack on September 1, 2001. We need to retain the lesson learned without holding onto the pain. Even though it is hard for some people to let the pain go because they lost loved ones but God has taught us to forgive others just like he has done for us. This subject is important that our eternal destiny depends on it. 

     For an example through the Bible work, Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden, and human have been sinning against God ever since. So my point is that if God can forgive us for all our mistakes we should at least try to forgive Osama Bin Laden even though it is very difficult for others Americans to forgive. However, I was only in kindergarten when this terrorist attack happened so i do not understand what was going on in the world. Forgiving and letting go can be a very difficult challenge, but it is even more stressful to hold onto grudges.

      Forgiveness does not mean what happened was okay, and it does not mean that person should not want full reconciliation. Forgiveness just means that you have to make peace with the pain before things get better. Even though 9/11 was such a scary and tragic event in the United States, we should by now except what happen and be able to forgive those who were involved in the attack against our own Americans. Just like Mahatma Gandhi once said, " The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." I really love that quote because it speaks the absolute truth. Relating that quote back to 9/11 is saying that those who are weak can not forgive but those who do forgive are strong. So us Americans are strong and we need to prove to the world that no matter what happens to us we will be a strong community and stand as one  to forgive Osama Bin Laden for what he has done wrong. We need to accept the fact that people make mistake and God will always be there to forgive us and we need to follow his actions and do the same.