Forgiveness is making room in your heart for people and leaving space for their mistakes, as you realise that no-one is perfect. It is a simple concept - the more room you allow in your heart for each and every person, the larger your heart grows to be.
However, forgiveness works on the principle of seeing the good in every one of god's creation. Should you work on the principal of focusing on negativities, you will only gain a heavy heart.
I wrote this myself :)
Comments please?
Open to constructive criticism.
2007-09-15 22:11:44 · 18 answers · asked by Amanda// 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Forgiveness hits both ways. It offers a scope to the one who has been forgiven and it eases the tension to the one who has forgiven and offers a scope to enlarge upon what he/she already has.
2007-09-19 15:38:05 · answer #1 · answered by Ishan26 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds true to me dear Amanda. Here is something that I also like regarding "Forgiveness" :
"When you forgive your brother in the flesh, you thereby create the capacity in your own soul for the reception of the reality of God's forgiveness of your own misdeeds."
Jesus, The Urantia Book, Page 1861, (170:2.19)
I am getting a bit theological here, but I also like a lot the event of Jesus forgiving the criminal when he was on the cross. Such a beautiful man he was...
2007-09-16 06:22:14 · answer #2 · answered by Alexander K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
flaws is burdens to some. Why focus on your negats. Well think of it this way. If you only saw the light in everything, what good is forgiveness? What expresses love and understanding better then the very negats of forgiveness, for one to give one must lose, or he can learn to gain
2007-09-16 05:27:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you...but in those moments of forgiveness you should never lose sight of yourself or respect for yourself. Never allow yourself to be trampled on in the opening of your heart to someone else. Sometimes people don't deserve your forgiveness and it is better for both parties to simply move on. But I think if someone shows true remorse for what they have done and you're not selling yourself short then yes, I agree with you. Cheers.
2007-09-16 05:52:32 · answer #4 · answered by dark_mistress_84 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really like your question; it's one of the most important questions you will answer. We all need to forgive in big and little ways all through our lives. People who can forgive others never stay trapped in the hurts of their lives. It sounds like your heart is already growing larger.
I've had to practice forgiveness a lot. I was physically, sexually and emotionally abused during my childhood. I had many hurts that weighed me down until I began to learn how to forgive.
Now forgiveness is one of my favorite things. It's almost like a secret weapon. Here's how it works for me. When someone hurts me it's hard to think of anything else. I think over and over of what happened and how I felt. It gets in the way of my life but, I have a relationship with God so I talk to him about each situationand how bad it hurt me(sometimes I also talk to someone I trust, too) and then I tell God that I choose to forgive the person who hurt me. I also ask God to do something good for the person who hurt me. Sometimes I have to do this over and over; I don't get warm, fuzzy feelings just because I choose to forgive. But I do get over my hurt and get my peace back. One other important thing. Forgiveness doesn't mean I let people back in close to my life unless they come to realize they have hurt me and act different. Over a period of time, when hurt or memories come up I remind myself that I have chosen to forgive my offender. Forgiveness is an action, not a feeling.
Over a period of time sometimes short, sometimes long, I discover that my heart has healed. I can think about what happened as part of my history, but it has NO power to stir up old pain. FORGIVENESS HAS FREED ME. I am passionate about the power of forgiveness. It changed my life. It helped break me out of depression. I stopped having so many headaches and small illnesses from stress.
Your question excites me because I see you as some one who will not get side-tracked in life over hurts. You are ahead of the learning game. It's not as easy to practice forgiveness as it is to write about it. But, after practicing forgiveness now for 4 years I get over things faster; I'm so much happier.
You're on the right track. Good luck to you!
2007-09-16 06:18:45 · answer #5 · answered by LeslieAnn 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very insightful, simple yet profound. I believe everyone must read this and embrace it as one of their life's principles. In this way, the world would be full of love and not hatred.
2007-09-16 05:23:41 · answer #6 · answered by rotringboy_17 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually "it's easy to forgive not to forget". It's easy because you're just going to say it because you're pity to someone. And it's hard to forget because people always remember the bad time/thing that someone did to them if its happened again.
2007-09-16 08:54:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the true meaning of forgiveness is the perfume a flower leaves on the shoe that crushed it.. but unfortunatley people can forgive but not forget..
2007-09-16 05:44:10 · answer #8 · answered by pinkish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Incorrect. Forgiveness is only necessary AFTER you have judged someone. Judge less and the need to forgive vanishes.
2007-09-16 05:59:26 · answer #9 · answered by guru 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
forgiveness is the way to let people make space to your heart
2007-09-16 05:19:28 · answer #10 · answered by jeneva 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋