Once you paint something on the canvas, it’s stained for good—even the mistakes. With the help of bleach, the canvas can return to a blank state as if nothing had ever happened to it.
Relationship isn't a canvas. Even when we reconnect and reconcile, it feels like we are forgetting what happened before; the chances are that we didn’t.
There is forgetting. And there is forgiving. Instead of forgiving others, we forgive ourselves for what we have contributed to the disconnection.
Unlike returning to the blank canvas, we have a deeper understanding of each other.
