03-01-21

I was so angry when the new owner decided during the pandemic to evict all tenants and demolish the building. How do I forgive someone who blatently lied to me by saying at the time,
"Don't worry, I will never tear down the building for condos and you can live here forever..." he had said.

When your life is shaken and your sense of security is threatened, the anger is justified.
I thought, I'd be the hold-out and stay put.
What I choose to do instead, was not resist the re-route and began planning my exit.
It was expensive, labour intensive, gruelling in the heat and very challenging. After all it had been eight years there, and forced change never is easy to deal with.

Forgiveness is a form of letting go, but they are not the same thing. To be clear, the purpose of forgiveness is not to let the person who harmed you off the hook, the purpose of forgiveness is to end the grief it has cost you.

And so, I made the move.
10,000 books. 2 cats. Having the help and devotion of my best friend CB, we made it.
I still believe in instant karma, however...