Detroit may not forget. But it does forgive.
Five days after Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee, a pastor, resigned amidst a sex scandal, he broke his silence on Twitter this weekend with meditations on forgiveness and overcoming struggles.
“Life is about laughing & living, in good times & bad,” Godbee tweeted. “Getting through whatever comes our way & looking back & smiling.”
Gone is his profile image: A mustachioed chief in a pressed uniform. It’s replaced with a photo of him smiling and sporting sunglasses and an orange-and-blue Tigers hat and jersey.
Quoting Buddha, Godbee tweeted about his desire to move on and leave the past behind him.
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else,” Godbee wrote. “You are the one who gets burned.”
Dozens of friends and supporters wished him well.
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Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.
