Movie Review (& Philosophical Rumination): The Royal Tenenbaums (& Forgiveness)
(Editorial note- I wrote most of this on 2/27/25) This is going to sound so made up but you have to trust me that all of this did actually happen to me today (bc it's true and also I just do not care enough to lie in a blog that like 3 people read!!!). This morning I googled "How to forgive someone". I have been struggling with the inability to forgive a beloved family member who hurt me very deeply about two years ago. I want to forgive her so bad, because I love her so dearly, but I've been so hurt, and I don't know how to. I think we're in a one sided cold war that she doesn’t know about. Or maybe she does, and I'm too self-absorbed to realize it. I don't know which one would be worse (I actually do). I'm so tired of being hurt and angry. I think that once you harden your heart to someone, it's so hard to soften it again. And your heart just grows harder and harder with time. The clock ticks so so fast now. I know I don't have forever, a...
