I was thinking this evening about forgiveness. I don't have any specific issue in on my mind, a few things I have read or watched lately mentioned forgiveness, either forgiving yourself or forgiving others. If you think about it, forgiving something is very complicated. We forgive someone when they do something to wrong us in some way. It could be very small or very large. They might know they did it and apologize, or they might not realize it has happened, thus the whole issue belongs to you alone. Does forgiveness mean you are letting go of it, or does it mean you acknowledge the other person's error and accept the apology but still harbor negative feelings over it. What are the rules of forgiveness? Who decides?
Have you ever done something wrong and apologized but felt like you were never truly forgiven?
Do you still hold onto negative feelings after you accepted an apology?
Did you ever wait for an apology that never came?
Are you able to forgive someone without an apology from them?
I think I can say yes to all four of them, but it sure isn't easy.
Just something to chew on for a while.
1 comment:
Gosh...I am gonna have to chew on that for a while. I feel like I'm a forgiving person, but at the same time I don't usually forget. Does that make sense? I might get over it but I'm not going to forget if someone did something I needed to forgive them for.
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