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A Change of Mind
.......Prime Minister Honourable Ralph E. Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, former Prime Minister Honourable P. J. Patterson of Jamaica and I, under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister of Barbados, had presentations as part of the celebration on a theme, "The Conversation", and the friendly and informal dinner discussion I had that evening at the Hilton Hotel with Ambassador Carl Masters and his friends persuaded me to put my restraint and resistance aside and join the band of advocacy 'not to forget'. We will become accomplices with perpetrators of the heinous crime against humanity of genocidal slavery and slave trade if we don't speak out and speak up. We must do everything to keep it in our memory and not to forget and not for recriminations either.
God expects us to show love, understanding and forgiveness. But forgiveness is different from forgetfulness. And forgetfulness in some circumstances is akin to sin. So, I join hands with distinguished and eminent experts and writers to embark on advocacy – not to forget.
The beginning of effective forgiveness, effective for the forgiven and the forgiver, is showing of remorse which means that the culprit appreciates that he or she has done wrong and the wronged, out of love and without seeking revenge or retribution, forgives. After the remorse and the forgiveness, the scar of the wound of the wrong done will remain. The wronged must occasionally, with love, show the wrongdoer the scar of the wrong done to keep him or her conscious of not repeating the wrongdoing in any guise or form.
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