The Gift of Forgiveness by Katherine Schwarzenegger

Author:Katherine Schwarzenegger
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2020-03-09T16:00:00+00:00

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Forgiveness is a process that can’t be rushed. There have been times in my own life when I’ve forgiven too quickly, trying to sweep a painful incident under the rug. These incidents always left a bitter taste in my mouth, showing me that I wasn’t yet ready to forgive. The concept of forgiving and not forgetting might sound negative—as if you haven’t really moved on. But keeping a memory of whatever you granted forgiveness for is actually a great way to learn from your past, with the hope that you can then prevent whatever happened from repeating in your future.

By being patient with himself and forgiving his father fully, DeVon was able to break a generations-old cycle of addiction and neglect. As he so beautifully articulated, getting to a place of forgiveness takes work—often painful work, work we wish we could avoid. But if we don’t take the time to confront our pain, we’ll never be free of it.

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