Forgiving is Forgetting (Memaafkan Itu Melupakan)

Not even a slap landed on my cheeks

I wonder why. Exactly one year after he passed away.

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Then I remember once my father told me:

"Forgiving is giving up treating others badly

Forgiving is forgetting bad memories."

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Tears in my eyes

"Thank you, my beloved dad, 

for teaching me how to forgive and to forget."

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