All Is Forgiven

In a short story titled "The Capitol of the World," Nobel prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway tells about a father and a teenage son, Paco, whose relationship breaks down. After the son runs away from home, the father begins a long journey in search of him. Finally as a last resort, the man puts an ad in the local newspaper in Madrid. It reads, "Dear Paco, meet me in front of the newspaper office tomorrow at noon...all is forgiven...I love you." The next morning in front of the newspaper office were eight hundred young men named Paco, desiring to restore a broken relationship with their father. Never underestimate the power of forgiveness.