Forgiven

I just finished Purple Cane Road by James Lee Burke. Here is a quote from the end of the book:

"Age has brought me few gifts, but one of them has been a degree of humility . . . "

Through our own stupidity, we hurt the people we love. (Through my own stupidity, I have hurt the people I love.) Not out of anger, malice, or cruelty, but out of selfishness.

That is why we need love and forgiveness above all else. When we are given undeserved love and forgiveness by our spouses, children, parents, and friends, then we learn humility.