Maybe this list of what forgiveness is not, may be helpful:
·
Forgiveness
is not condoning
unkindness
·
Forgiveness
is not forgetting
that something painful happened.
·
Forgiveness
is not excusing
poor behavior
·
Forgiveness
does not have to be an otherworldly
or religious experience
or religious experience
·
Forgiveness
is not denying or
minimizing your hurt
·
Forgiveness
does not mean reconciling
with the offender
·
Forgiveness
does not mean you give up having feelings.
What is forgiveness?
·
It
is a state
of freedom
·
It
is relieving
yourself of the burden of the past
·
It
is embracing
the prospect of being a whole person again
·
It
is giving
the person you forgive (even yourself) the freedom to
live in peace and the chance to also be a whole person again.
live in peace and the chance to also be a whole person again.
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