Forgiveness (Part 1)
Hey y'all, I have been thinking a lot lately on forgiveness and how we all operate with it. Like do we honestly forgive people when they apologize, do we move on from it, or is the reason that we are more reactive then understanding... I pose all these different thoughts because I have been reading a book "Forgiving What You Cannot Forget" and my eyes have been opened because there are things that I have never realized about what forgiveness really means compared to how I actually forgive.. Let me clarify what I mean.. For most people, including myself, I find that I will accept people's apologies but I do not know if I really forgive them. For example: someone may apologize for cheating on me and I will accept the apology, claim to have forgiven them, BUT the next time we argue or they do something I bring up the fact they cheated. I HAVE NOT FORGIVEN THEM... When you truly forgive a person, you do not live in that moment or throw that back in someone's face or b...