Would you forgive a person who have hurt you?

Mauritius
July 29, 2010 11:25am CST
I have been in a delicate situation....where a person whom I respect a lot has hurt me. Now he is repentful for what he did and is asking me to forgive him. In fact I have a friend who is also a member of the family gave a false report in the police station that I fought with him in the public which is false. Now he is telling me he did this in a moment of anger and that he is repentful now....Should I forgive this person?
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26 responses
@tomitomi (5429)
• Singapore
30 Jul 10
Hi velentina! I'm so sorry to hear about what you went through. I can't seem to be able to move on if I hadn't. I would forgive the person who hurt me. And I would move on in life. Hope moving on would be just as easy for you too.
• China
30 Jul 10
Time is the best remedy to every hurt.Everything will go as time passes by. I agree with you,if we forgive someone ever hurt us, pain they gave us in our heart will disapear as well.We really liberate ourselves as well as others.
@tomitomi (5429)
• Singapore
30 Jul 10
Thanks you like my comment.
@dsrp82 (676)
• Brazil
30 Jul 10
I can forgive, but NEVER forget.
• China
30 Jul 10
I have already noticed that your reply is always very very short and brief for several times.Don't you focus on your reputation? It really very affects how much you deserve to get.Well,I am just reminding you kindly.Meanwhile,I think you should show your respect to the starter of this discussion.
• China
30 Jul 10
Have you ever heard the ancient saying: There is no end to revenge. I totally agree with the argument.If someones didn't hurt me very seriously,I will forgive him/her in the end.In my opinion,no one is perfect and everyone will make mistakes in their life.It is pointless to learn it by heart all the time.It will only increase your sense of anger and decrease your life quality as well.What't more,being tolerant is exactly a virtue without any doubt.If you give someone who have hurt you another choice,they will pay their appreciation back sincerely and you will become true friends forever.Tolerant attitude always gives us more,not only for ourselves,but for others as well.
@apresto (127)
• Bulgaria
30 Jul 10
Having the abillity to forgive is a great and very powerful skill. Who has it can share what it can reach and what power it is. But sometimes it can take a year to forgive someone. It's one of the hardest tasks of the heart.
@mm_mari (36)
• Philippines
30 Jul 10
hurt and pain are part of one's life and they say that the one who hurts us the most are the people we love. If I will be asked if forgiveness is possible? I say yes when I feel I'm over the pain and ready to talk and sincerity for an apology is there.
@akn1961 (1034)
• India
2 Sep 10
i am not sitting on eos ,if somebody hurts me ,i will see my relation with him/her,i may take sometime ,if person is very close then i will speake on the subject and forgive him /her ,thanks for sharing.
@asiregar (864)
• Jakarta, Indonesia
30 Jul 10
fellow human beings must forgive each other, but if the fault has been concerned about the law still must be processed according to law if the problem is only a family problem can be resolved amicably
@mods196621 (3652)
• Philippines
30 Jul 10
I were you I will forgive him on what he did but never to trust him again like before. He never control his anger during that time and yet he gone to the police just to say wrong accusation. Then after he realized he was wronged and asked your forgiveness. Anyway you can forgive him as I said never to trust him again. He s your friend and a member of your family so forgive him. And now you know his capacity. It is according only to my own opinion. Have a nice day!
• Philippines
30 Jul 10
It's crucial to forgive, velentina. As it would not only benefit the one forgiven but it would also be easier for you, than to carry that hurt and anger in your heart for a long time.
@reetu3 (262)
• India
30 Jul 10
i cannot be sure whether i forgive a person or not it depends on how much he has hurted me...there are few people in my life to whom i'll never forgive but they are not my family members i don't meet them....but situation is difficult if it is a family member because you have to meet them often...i'd also one family member who has hurted me a lot i'd not forgiven her but i didn't break my relations with her i do talk and meet her but deep in my heart i am hurted and will never forgive her....i think everybody should be given one chance if someone realises his fault then only one chance can be given
@eyah04 (61)
• Philippines
30 Jul 10
yes you should forgive that guy... if he is sincere in every words and action he does...maybe in time you should forgive him... because we already know that nobody's perfect.. and even God, always forgives us when we have done something wrong in our life...so why you should not forgive him...
@jose431 (164)
• India
30 Jul 10
When I was in ten standard one of my classmate hurt me badly.I had help her whenever she face the problem I will always there for her,but at last she was regret for her own mistake and she was not happy at all.I forgive her............
• India
30 Jul 10
Well as we all know that no one is perfect in this world everybody make mistakes,like that if that particular person did wrong thing and asks to forgive after realizing then,you should always give him/her first chance but not time and again.
• India
30 Jul 10
I think it is easy to forgive some one but it is very difficult for me to forget some one who did some bad to me.A person whom I respect and trust him/her in my life and if they some thing bad I will never and ever I can forget.Friends you can forgive your friends but you cannot forget in your life.
@skysuccess (8858)
• Singapore
29 Jul 10
velentina, No one is perfect and that will include our very self. All of us will have our own follies and fallacies where we will eventually hurt someone in our midst. Though, we may readily admit our faults and take the initiative to apologize, I think we will also have to wait for the other party to forgive us. Hence, whether you would want to forgive or not is really up to you but I would seek that you do the needful. Harboring anger and ill feelings is just karmic where it would actually affect our spiritual well being. Rather than loosing the elasticity of humanity over such, I feel that we should learn to forgive others just as how others have forgiven us for our mistakes.
• Philippines
30 Jul 10
it depends to the degree normally its so easy to say its ok i will forgive you but deep inside we cant forget it. thats why i may forgive someone but i will not going to accept them again coz there will only be an arguments whenever we made mistakes coz we just keep on digging the past coz we cant forget what happened in the past even though we already forgive them. in your case since its already been bought o public i might going to forgive him but i will not accept him anymore nor i will just told him to stay away from me already.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
30 Jul 10
Forgiveness is part of the healing process of life. if someone hurt me, i would still try to find it in my heart to forgive them. If it was a violent act, it will be harder to forgive, but it is worth the effort to try and forgive. It would be healing for everyone involved.
• United States
30 Jul 10
I can forgive to the degree of behaving civil but the heart doesnt completely forget.
• United States
29 Jul 10
to foregive is a act of love and peace and is a dission that you should carefully think over and over it also deppends on the actions that were taken the false report is bad its like defamation of caracter its all up to you just remember it can happen again.
• United States
29 Jul 10
Hi Valentina, yes I say forgive but learn as well from the lesson so you don't repeat it again with the same person or any one else in the future. You will feel much better bout yourself when done so cause you won't feel heavenly burden all the time. You will feel free inside and out, I know first hand cause holding a grudge against someone makes us look, feel and act ugly.