Comments on: oh no, not another life lesson!

By: Selkie

Selkie — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:03:58 +0000

I think letting go of anger and pain and moving on - if not forgiveness - is surely a hallmark of it. ummm… I’d have to say if that happens, you’ve forgiven someone.

I can’t see you doing nuttin that would require THAT much forgiveness hon lol

By: broce

broce — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:27:41 +0000

“Great post, Selchie. I dont know that, for me, true forgiveness is always possible - sometimes you just have to let go of the anger and the pain and move on. ”

I meant to type ISN’T always possible…but then perhaps there’s a message in that typo, huh?

By: broce

broce — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:27:01 +0000

Great post, Selchie. I dont know that, for me, true forgiveness is always possible - sometimes you just have to let go of the anger and the pain and move on. Is that forgiveness? I don’t know.

I have a friend who has had to forgive more than I would ever have thought humanly possible. *I* can’t forgive what was done to him…but he has. And for just the reasons you cite - that he knows it would be more painful to hold on to the anger than to forgive. It’s a daily thing, he says. He’s pretty damned wise, for a Christian. (You know I’m kidding, right?)