Forgiveness.

@BYOLA2871 (4371)
South Africa
April 2, 2008 10:15am CST
If someone hurts us, it takes a while to actually forget and sometimes its tough to forgive depending on the nature of the offense and the relationship we have with our offender. If only we realize that to forgive is no crime but sets us free and helps to release us from heavy burden we will carry as a result of unforgiveness.How often do you forgive and how do we learn to forgive others when they offend us?
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@viewpoint (137)
• Philippines
2 Apr 08
You know you are right. I do agree with you. Forgiving takes the stress off from within ourselves. When you have forgiven someone, you don't harbor hatred within yourself and you feel that sense of happiness within you.
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@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
2 Apr 08
thank you,we may never know how much we hurt ourselves until we thouroughly understand the subject of forgiveness and learning to let go even when it seems impossible,for that is when we begin to live free of every unnecessary burdens
@micaella (396)
• Philippines
16 Apr 08
Well, It depends on the situation, reason, acts of mistakes that needs of forgiveness.... Its hard to forgive if our pride as a person hit.... So, for meas a merried person. I have lots of trials in my merried life now that I need to give forgiveness and I do! but one thing I cant forgive now is... I've found a proof of my husbands being unfaithful to me.... The pain was so horrible...
@micaella (396)
• Philippines
17 Apr 08
Thanks friend! By the way I like your name.....
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
29 Apr 08
thanks for the comment i do appreciate that,micaella,have a great day
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
16 Apr 08
as a married person there is so much that you need to overlook and i know that its such a painful thing to realise your man is unfaithful but please try and let go it may be a good thing on the long run,
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
3 Apr 08
I always forgive others but it takes me a while to do it sometimes. I never forget what they have done to me though. sometimes I can no longer have any kind of relationship with them after that either. We just have to forgive them or we will stay bitter for days.
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
12 Apr 08
you are right ,there is a difference between forgiving and forgetting and i believe that forgiving preceeds forgetting you cannot forget what you have not forgiven,so that you find it difficult to forget is the next level in the process.that is an area we must train our minds to handle .it takes time but it can be done,besides we are human and i know the best way to forget includes not always reffering to what you have forgiven,try not to talk about it or stress on it when such things happen again,there are some offences you just forgive and decide not to allow the person the same privileges agian its safe for both you and the offender but refusing to forgiv releases more bile in our system and like we know bile is bitter,when you have more of it in your blood system you obviously will be live a more bitter life,the above statement is the result of a psychology research and i have tested it and found it to be true because unforgiving people are always bitter people
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
2 Apr 08
It try my best to forgive even if it is very hard. My mil mistreated me for many years. Now she is trying to be so nice to me.I do not want to hold things that she has done to me over my head. Me being away from her heals my wounds. I think that is my best recovery.
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
12 Apr 08
thanks and i am so happy you eventually found a way to forgive that offence,and you see most often than we know when we forgive others we are actually helping ourselves to move forward,i was in a class where the issue of forgiveness was the topic and the presenter used a simple illustration,he asked a man from the audience to hold another one from moving away ,he held on to th other guy who was struggling to move away but he himself could not go away.so his conclusion was that if you refuse to let go when others offend you,you are holding them from moving forward and you too will never leave that same spot.forgiveness does help to recover no matter how hard it is for us we need to just try