Man, I love to read.
Today, I stumbled across an awesome site, Project Gutenberg. Granted, these books aren’t new and hip, but tried and true classics. I’m intrigued by the thought of getting into a bit of .
One such book piqued my attention – the Colored Inventor – a Record of Fifty Years, by Henry E. Baker.
In the opening paragraph.
And it would seem entirely fit and proper that those who were either directly or indirectly benefited by that proclamation should pause long enough at this period in their national life to review the past, recount the progress made, and see, if possible, what of the future is disclosed in the past.
Wow, now that’s some wisdom right there. Those who have benefited from Lincoln’s Proclamation, pause long enough to review where you’ve come from, observe the progress made towards equality, and see, if possible, what of the future is disclosed in the past (I can only pull from this last segment, to see how the bondage started and escalated, and guard ourselves from it ever happening again; but I could very well be wrong).
I can easily apply Baker’s wisdom to this very day, specifically to unforgiveness in my own life, coupled with judging others to protect myself. I don’t want to go back into bondage to unforgiveness, and yes, I need to exercise forgiveness and releasing judgement on a DAILY basis.
So now that I have freedom and have learned new tools for exercising forgiveness, looking back on where I came from, I see my pattern as easily repeatable, and see the triggers to becoming bound in unforgiveness again.
Anyway, I have way too many books piled up in the queue, but I hope to make time to read this; it looks to be a great book, if not just to see into a window of the past.
