Forgiveness (following on from Grudge thread)
There was a lot of talk about forgiveness etc in the grudge thread so I though I'd start a thread on forgiveness.
A wise workmate once said to me (many moons ago, I think I was still in my 20s)
"I forgive the person, I don't forgive the action".
Could you, or would you forgive the person?
For me, I've very much, over the last few years, started forgiving the person for things they've done, but never forgiven the act.
For example: an xp, he was totally spineless in the manner he broke up with me, I'll never forgive that, but I have forgiven him, I know his family, they're spineless, he knew no better, so he's been forgiven but the action hasn't. Does this make sense?