A call that has no ringing, no response, but lies deep in one's memory and one's own ability to be honest. In that call, there are three things that anyone, no matter how old they are, would want to say: thank you, sorry, and appreciation.
Thank you - because we have been loved in many different ways, sometimes so quietly that we think it is not there. Thank you to our parents who supported us with the best of themselves; thank you to the teachers who saw our potential when we were still confused; thank you to those who opened the door for us in life, listened to us when we were at our weakest. Even thank you to those who left us, because they helped us learn to stand up and become stronger. There are words of thanks that take us half a lifetime to say, but when we say them, we feel our hearts soften.
Sorry - for the things we have not done well. Everyone has scars that cannot be erased: a word that upsets a loved one, a message that has not been replied to, a friendship we missed, a love we let go too quickly. We apologize for being careless when we were young, sorry for living in a hurry and making others wait in silence, sorry for letting our emotions control us. Apologies sent to the past cannot fix what has happened, but they free us from the burden, helping us live more kindly in the present.
And cherish - because the past, whether beautiful or sad, has a mission: to teach us to appreciate what we have. We cherish family meals because we have missed many reunions; we cherish the friend who patiently asks after us because we have lost people who we cannot call back; we cherish our busy work because we remember that we once wished to have something to strive for every day. We cherish ourselves today - having gone through foolishness, brokenness and many times wanting to give up - but still keep going.
The call to the past is not to hold on to the past, but to illuminate the present. When we dare to say thank you, we recognize the seeds of kindness in our lives. When we dare to say sorry, we feel relieved to have faced ourselves. When we know how to appreciate, we live more deeply each moment that is happening.
The past doesn’t need us to fix it. It just needs us to understand it enough to move on, more gently, more wisely, and more kindly. That call eventually fell silent, but my heart – from that moment on – felt a little more at peace.
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