i forgive the tears i was made to shed
i forgive the pain and the disappointments
i forgive the betrayals and the lies
i forgive the slanders and intrigues
i forgive the hatred and the persecution
i forgive the blows that hurt me
i forgive the wrecked dreams
i forgive the still born hopes
i forgive the hostility and jealousy
i forgive the indifference and ill will
i forgive the injustice carried out in the name of justice
i forgive the anger and the cruelty
i forgive the neglect and the contempt
i forgive the world and all its evils

I will be capable of loving regardless of whether i am loved in return
of giving even when i have nothing
of working happily even in the midst of difficulties
of holding out my hand even when utterly alone and abandoned
of drying my tears even while i weep
of believing even when non one believes in me.

-Hilal, Aleph, Paulo Coelho.

*i realised there are so many blogs out there who repost this, of course the author himself puts it up in his blog. but thank you mr paulo. it is indeed beautiful.