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What is forgiveness? What does it really mean?
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<blockquote data-quote="muttmeister" data-source="post: 640861" data-attributes="member: 135"><p>I think I have a different take than some of you. To me, forgiving somebody means "it is what it is but I'm moving on." When I forgive somebody, it doesn't mean what they did is OK and it doesn't mean that I'm going to forget to the point that I will allow whatever it was to happen again and it doesn't have anything to do with their being sorry. It means that I accept that they screwed up for whatever reason and I was hurt and angry but my life is too short to spend it being mad or planning revenge. When I forgive somebody, it is not for THEM; it is for ME. I refuse to give somebody who wronged me the power to continue to make my life miserable. I will pull up my big girl panties and put a smile on my face and refrain from trying to get even or make snide remarks or talk behind their back. I know that I have done some stinky things in my life that I'm not proud of so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and move on. Even if they did something really terrible, my being upset probably doesn't bother them at all but it bothers me and I'm not going to let them run my life that way. When you have forgiven somebody, that doesn't mean you go back to the way things were before or that you let them hurt you again. It means you can be the bigger person and move on</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muttmeister, post: 640861, member: 135"] I think I have a different take than some of you. To me, forgiving somebody means "it is what it is but I'm moving on." When I forgive somebody, it doesn't mean what they did is OK and it doesn't mean that I'm going to forget to the point that I will allow whatever it was to happen again and it doesn't have anything to do with their being sorry. It means that I accept that they screwed up for whatever reason and I was hurt and angry but my life is too short to spend it being mad or planning revenge. When I forgive somebody, it is not for THEM; it is for ME. I refuse to give somebody who wronged me the power to continue to make my life miserable. I will pull up my big girl panties and put a smile on my face and refrain from trying to get even or make snide remarks or talk behind their back. I know that I have done some stinky things in my life that I'm not proud of so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and move on. Even if they did something really terrible, my being upset probably doesn't bother them at all but it bothers me and I'm not going to let them run my life that way. When you have forgiven somebody, that doesn't mean you go back to the way things were before or that you let them hurt you again. It means you can be the bigger person and move on [/QUOTE]
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