Heaven On Earth. Essay.

                                        Heaven on Earth.

While most of us are unconsciously drawn to negativity and seek for revenge, God embraces the act of forgiveness to discover kinship.

How would people in the world be if they had never forgave people? Forgive those who got your order of burger wrong, forgive those who cut you off in the freeway, forgive those who cheated, stole and fell in love with someone else. The act of forgiveness is something we all have to do to accept faith into giving us something much better in the future. “Is there anything I can do? .. Can I give him my blood? .. He was not my enemy. He was my friend..”(145). This was a homie, Clever speaking to Greg after he was found out that an enemy had be beaten in the streets then hospitalized. He had forgiven his rival gang enemy and now saw that kinship was more important. Sometimes it does take something tragic to happen for people to be forgiven or to feel compassion for them. But they say that the one who forgives or apologizes first is the bigger person, the one who loves most and the one who could oversee the bad and knows that relationship is more important than some drama that started it.

Most people wait until they’re dying on their hospital bed using their last breath they have to finally apologize to the people they’ve hurt in their lives. To even forgive people from many years ago with problems older than a decade. Most people are so selfish they won't let go of those problems until they see their victim hit rock bottom and thats when they forgive their burdens. Holding grudges is not the way to be, it can really affect your soul. We have to love our enemies now and make peace now just as if this were to be heaven on earth. “I finally realized why I was out there for so long … I was so fuckin’ angry all the time … And now, I just let it all go”(107). This homie Jason had finally seen the light and “let it all go”. The anger, the burdens, the non worthless drama that was ruining his life. But he realized a little too late because the next morning, Father Greg found out he had been gunned down. Most of the time people don’t realize what they have or could of had until its gone. “Total recurrence of the same”(Nietzsche). It’s our responsibility to put bullshit aside and act now as if everyday was our last.

“Sooner or later, we all discover that kindness is the only strength there is … Love never fails”(122,125). Sooner or later, but never late is better. Once the homies start to recognize compassion with each other, they start letting down their walls. All those feelings of insecurities and uptightness starts to dissolve into kinship.  As working together in Homeboy Industries, they created a bond. They were co workers, friends and some brothers. The most important thing was they no longer saw each other as enemies.

People would ask Greg how he got the homies to change their life. I believe it was the way Greg approached them, how he would communicate them, the way he would forgive them and let go of the burdens the homies caused him. That was exactly what God would do. Greg understands how it is to act as if heaven was earth right here, right now. He didn't wait for the homies to be on the hospital bed, to forgive them and lead them into the right path. Living your life as if every action will live forever.