Forgiveness Gets Harder and Harder

...in a world where nothing is ever really considered wrong and if nothing is ever wrong, there is nothing to forgive. Right?

So, why are there so many relationships that are in a state of brokenness?
People must see situations differently or... or what?
How does one determine if something is right if nothing is ever wrong?
Is it right if it makes you feel good?
Well, um, everyone with even a small part of their brain working can see that answer has to be a resounding 'No!'
If feeling is directly related to conscience or lack of... then feelings can betray us... because whose conscience is perfect?
When people 'stop sharing their innermost feelings,' according to 'Forgiving the Unforgivable' by Beverley Flanigan, 'retreating further and further into silence,' intimacy dissolves or, worse yet, is feigned.
'When deceit is at the core of two people's arrangements (whether children and their parents, or parents and their children, spouses or friends), secrets begin to displace any real communication.' People may perhaps go through the motions of keeping up pretenses and routines, but the essential element between them- truth- is gone.' p. 26

Where there are many secrets, soon there can be only silence. El's Quote
How does a person take a picture of 'nothing?'
I tried and this was the closest I got without stuffing a cotton ball into the lens... because even then, there was a colour of light in the photo.

Then I took a picture, a close-up, of stainless steel... may we try to leave less stain on each other this year so we don't all become steel.