Pragmatism

After careful consideration, he decided to forgive with however much sincerity he could conjure and even go a step further and apologize despite the fact he hadn’t really done anything wrong and was not the principal instigator and party to blame insofar as a grossly overblown misunderstanding. This was quite simply the easiest course of action for him to take even though it may not have been the technically correct one, and it did inarguably make him feel better and did resonate better within the hallways of his conscience. That does matter in the big, mile-high picture; that should count for something—some small thing, perhaps—shouldn’t it? Peace of mind cannot be easily corralled or quantified, but it does exist just as surely as the sun will rise tomorrow morning in the east or Donald J. Trump will tell yet another lie.  Carrying around massive guilt akin to a three hundred pound yoke weighting down one’s shoulders for twenty four hours of each day can be exhausting as hell, both physically but especially emotionally.  The avenue of action he was considering was therefore preferable in his mind; this way was undoubtedly better and would serve as salve on his restive soul.  Simply apologize and relieve himself of the tranche of guilt he was feeling, despite the fact said guilt was ninety nine percent artificial and he had done nothing egregiously wrong to incur such disproportionately harsh punishment from the falsely aggrieved individual.