Monday, August 31, 2015

This seems to make sense:

"Forgiveness is not forgetting. 'Forgive and forget' seem to go together. However, the process of forgiving involves acknowledging to yourself the wrong that was done to you, reflecting on it, and deciding how you want to think about it. Focusing on forgetting a wrong might lead to denying or suppressing feelings about it, which is not the same as forgiveness. Forgiveness has taken place when you can remember the wrong that was done without feeling resentment or a desire to pursue revenge. Sometimes, after we get to this point, we may forget about some of the wrongs people have done to us. But we don’t have to forget in order to forgive.
- http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/topic/forgiveness/understanding-forgiveness

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