DECISION TO FORGIVE IS NONRATIONAL
SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2009: From the book the power of kindness by piero ferrucci:
"Imagine we wake up and find that everyone has forgiven everything there was to forgive and has found the courage to say sorry for any wrongs that even individuals had forgiven one another every injustice and instead of recycling the past, could at last live FULLY in the present?
We would all breath a sigh of relief. The atmosphere would be happier and many people would discover the wonder of living in the present moment instead of constantly investing huge parts of themselves in recriminations and accusations, reliving events that are long past.
Relations between people would be open. And all the energy poured into blame, hatred and revenge would instead circulate freely towards love.
Forgiveness is possible. It is NOT the same as condoning. It means not feeding anger for a wrong or slander. Forgiveness is the inner act of making peace with the past and of finally closing accounts.
The decision is not easy. On the contrary it is nonrational because accounts do not balance. We do not even need to see forgiveness as the absence of resentment- an emotional void.
Rather forgiveness is a positive quality. It contains joy and faith, generosity of spirit. It frees us and whoever forgives feels uplifted."
9/6/2009
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"Imagine we wake up and find that everyone has forgiven everything there was to forgive and has found the courage to say sorry for any wrongs that even individuals had forgiven one another every injustice and instead of recycling the past, could at last live FULLY in the present?
We would all breath a sigh of relief. The atmosphere would be happier and many people would discover the wonder of living in the present moment instead of constantly investing huge parts of themselves in recriminations and accusations, reliving events that are long past.
Relations between people would be open. And all the energy poured into blame, hatred and revenge would instead circulate freely towards love.
Forgiveness is possible. It is NOT the same as condoning. It means not feeding anger for a wrong or slander. Forgiveness is the inner act of making peace with the past and of finally closing accounts.
The decision is not easy. On the contrary it is nonrational because accounts do not balance. We do not even need to see forgiveness as the absence of resentment- an emotional void.
Rather forgiveness is a positive quality. It contains joy and faith, generosity of spirit. It frees us and whoever forgives feels uplifted."