06/10/2025
๐ Weโre focusing on Forgiveness this October. WHAT IS FORGIVENESS?
Forgiveness is the capacity to reclaim our peace of mind when something has happened to disturb us. As we go through life, it is inevitable that we are going to hurt one another. In fact, as our world becomes more complex and interconnected, the opportunities for conflict increase. We have the choice whether to respond to these hurts and conflicts with anger and bitterness, or with forgiveness.
Forgiving is not the same as forgetting. It does not mean that we gloss over the harm that has taken place or pretend that it never happened. What it does is to allow us to let go of the destructive attitudes towards the past that imprison us and the person who harmed us in a cycle of recrimination and guilt. When our desire for reconciliation and peace is stronger than our anger, disappointment or pain, then forgiveness offers the opportunity to make a new start.
Forgiveness can seem insurmountable and has vast consequences, but in essence, it is nothing more than a shift of mind. The motivation to forgive has to come from a genuine wish deep inside to relieve the pain and discomfort of ourselves and of others. It cannot be forced.
โ ๐๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 16 ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ๐บ๐ช-๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ธ
