Forgivness

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  1. Gnarl

    Gnarl Active Member

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    During our time here on UOR it is natural that we engage in conflicts and make mistakes. It is also natural that we develop grudges and resentment, sometimes from accurate comprehension of a scenario and sometimes from miscommunication or assumption.

    I feel it is important to give forgiveness and to be able to receive it. So I decided to post this thread. I acknowledge that there are many different people here on UOR and there are many different play styles. There will never be a time where everyone likes each other or respects each other's play style, but we can forgive and let go of grudges which are not helpful for the shard or community. Some people do learn from mistakes and this opens an opportunity for change and benefit. At the very least we can let people be who there are in the present and not what we create them as in our minds.

    Some may see this post as a sign of weakness, but I see it as an opportunity for growth and power. So I ask for forgiveness and I forgive you. I encourage others to do the same. Long live UOR.

    I will end with a poem by Maynard James Keenan:

    The Grudge

    • Wear the grudge like a crown of negativity.
      Calculate what we will or will not tolerate.
      Desperate to control all and everything.
      Unable to forgive your scarlet lettermen.
      Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down.
      Justify denials and grip it to the lonesome end.
      Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down.
      Terrified of being wrong. Ultimatum prison cell.

      Saturn ascends, choose one or ten. Hang on or be humbled again.

      Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down.
      Justify denials and grip it to the lonesome end.
      Saturn ascends, comes round again.
      Saturn ascends, the one, the ten. Ignorant to the damage done.

      Wear your grudge like a crown of negativity.
      Calculate what you will or will not tolerate.
      Desperate to control all and everything.
      Unable to forgive your scarlet lettermen.

      Wear the grudge like a crown. Desperate to control.
      Unable to forgive. And we're sinking deeper.

      Defining, confining, sinking deeper. Controlling, defining, and we're sinking deeper.

      Saturn comes back around to show you everything
      Let's you choose what you will not see and then
      Drags you down like a stone or lifts you up again
      Spits you out like a child, light and innocent.

      Saturn comes back around. Lifts you up like a child or
      Drags you down like a stone to
      Consume you till you choose to let this go.
      Choose to let this go.

      Give away the stone. Let the oceans take and transmutate this cold and fated anchor.
      Give away the stone. Let the waters kiss and transmutate these leaden grudges into gold.

      Let go.
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  2. Gozinya

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    I really don't know you from a hole in the wall, and not entirely sure if we've ever bumped heads, but asking for forgivness is not a sign of weakness. It's actually the other side of the spectrum, it takes more knowlegde, respect and maturity to admit when you are wrong and ask for forgiveness. Hats off to you my friend, you've earned some of my respect.
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    Pork Fried Rice Well-Known Member

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    We have the highest blessing from House Panda, this is an auspicious sign.
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    Nice song, but I'm a Capricorn, and I will kick Saturn in the face.
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  6. Brymstone

    Brymstone Well-Known Member

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    Well I believe in many things but I believe Conan said it best


    Long Live UOR :)
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    I'll move to heal, as so as pain allows. So we can reunite, and both go on together.
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    Mindless Well-Known Member
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    If there's ANYTHING Jesus won't forgive it's this...

    WHAT THE FUCK HATH THOU DONE?!


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    newme Well-Known Member

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    I so agree, Forgiveness and asking for forgiveness are not signs of weakness, but perhaps a true acknowledgement of self.

    One ritual of the Cherokee people, is on the eve of New Years, all is forgiven* , thus starting the new year fresh.

    Thank you for this post.... UO is a game which is easy to become totally immersed in, often it is easy to forget the "game" part.

    I too forgive those who have "hurt" me and ask forgiveness to those I have wronged.


    Thanks again.

    Westra


    * I did not add to the line "excdept Murder", for I did not want it thought of as pker murder....for it is a extremely hugh thing in the
    Cherokee culture. ( as should be, : )
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    this post is silly
  13. Godric Greycliff

    Godric Greycliff Well-Known Member
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    *hugs it out*
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    God damn softies got me tearing up over here.
  15. Lando

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    But at least we can all agree on one thing....

    Florida State cannot be forgiven for their sins.

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