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<blockquote data-quote="DazedandConfused" data-source="post: 71938" data-attributes="member: 831"><p>I tread carefully here, but I would have to answer, yes, I do. For reasons I think are overwhelmingly obvious. But, I know that that sort of discussion is frowned upon here (for good reason). So, I will leave it at that.</p><p></p><p>And, no, I'm not angry at "god".</p><p></p><p>I have had many transgressions against done against me. Especially in childhood by my Father. He died nearly 18 months ago.I have never forgiven him. I do believe that in order to offer forgiveness it needs to be asked for and responsibility must be taken for the wrongdoings. </p><p></p><p>However, it came to a point that I wanted to let go of the resentment and bitterness I held against him. It was eating at, and hurting me. It was a process that involved me elimnating him from my life. I let it go. Yet, it wasn't forgiveness in my eyes. He never, ever, acknowledged the horrible things he did to me all of my childhood and into my early adult years. He would have continued to have hurt me had I allowed him back into my life. Heck, the man would have thrown me under a bus if he could have made a buck on it. Forgive? I don't think so.</p><p></p><p>For me, focusing my energy on the positive things in my life helped me to move beyond heavy baggage of anger I carried for years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DazedandConfused, post: 71938, member: 831"] I tread carefully here, but I would have to answer, yes, I do. For reasons I think are overwhelmingly obvious. But, I know that that sort of discussion is frowned upon here (for good reason). So, I will leave it at that. And, no, I'm not angry at "god". I have had many transgressions against done against me. Especially in childhood by my Father. He died nearly 18 months ago.I have never forgiven him. I do believe that in order to offer forgiveness it needs to be asked for and responsibility must be taken for the wrongdoings. However, it came to a point that I wanted to let go of the resentment and bitterness I held against him. It was eating at, and hurting me. It was a process that involved me elimnating him from my life. I let it go. Yet, it wasn't forgiveness in my eyes. He never, ever, acknowledged the horrible things he did to me all of my childhood and into my early adult years. He would have continued to have hurt me had I allowed him back into my life. Heck, the man would have thrown me under a bus if he could have made a buck on it. Forgive? I don't think so. For me, focusing my energy on the positive things in my life helped me to move beyond heavy baggage of anger I carried for years. [/QUOTE]
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