Time. Is its last act one of forgiveness?
At its root, forgiveness involves both the forgiver and the forgiven giving away and receiving.
When a loved one dies, their burdens are no more. The physical bonds that tied them in and to life dissolve as the passing of time pauses for them. Time relinquishes its right to demand discharge of the debt the living owe, paid in the currency of worldly concerns, dreams and fears. Those who die are released, they move on. To wherever that may be.
In this sense, time is the ultimate forgiver. It acts not through destruction but transformation. Life becomes death. Heavy becomes light. Bound becomes free. Finite becomes infinite. Now becomes forever.
But for those left behind, death can impart a new weight. At times it crushes. It presses. Strains. What then?
Time mercifully passes. A balm for those grieving, it soothes and softens the scars of loss. So let it act, with hope, to dilute the grief, ease the sorrow and reshape it. Be then open to receive – a new will for living, for remembering, for honouring.
Give up the desire to punish – better to look for change.
Forgive. As time forgives.
This way of light 