(This little passage can be seen as a conversation between friends, brothers or sisters, husbands to wives, whatever fits for you.)
He said to his friend “I’m sorry for what I have done to you, please forgive me.”
Reply by friend “I don’t need to forgive you my brother.”
“What do you mean? I have hurt you greatly by what I have done, I must know that you forgive me, or the sadness of what I have done will linger with me forever.”
“There is no need for forgiveness if I have not been hurt…and you have not hurt me.”
“I must have, there is no way that my actions against you have not hurt you!”
“I tell you again, my friend. You have not hurt me, you owe me no apology, and I owe you no forgiveness. I see a simple error. Errors are not personal, they are not directed at anyone, they are just an error. There is no greater or worse error in my eyes, just a simple mistake that you will be able to correct within yourself, when there is no weight of guilt placed upon you by me. I place no weight on you my brother, nor on myself, there is no hurt felt by me and in turn none can be passed to you, no guilt.”
“I don’t understand…what is this?”
“This is Heaven”
B. Elliott