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Forgiveness works two ways, in most instances. people have to forgive themselves too. the powerful have to forgive themselves for their behavior. that should be a sacred process.
-Sidney Poitier
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Forgiveness Works Two Ways, In Most Instances.

Sidney Poitier
Forgiveness works two ways, in most instances. people have to forgive themselves too. the powerful have to forgive themselves for their behavior. that should be a sacred process.
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I worry about fast forgivers. they tend to forgive quickly in order to avoid their pain. or they forgive fast in order to get an advantage over the people they forgive. and their instant forgiving only makes things worse... people who have been wronged badly and wounded deeply should give themselves time and space before they forgive... there is a right moment to forgive. we cannot predict it in advance; we can only get ourselves ready for it when it arrives... don't do it quickly, but don't wait too long.
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They say that when god was in jerusalem he forgave his murderers, but now he will not forgive an honest man for differing with him on the subject of the trinity. they say that god says to me, "forgive your enemies." i say, "i do;" but he says, "i will damn mine." god should be consistent. if he wants me to forgive my enemies he should forgive his. i am asked to forgive enemies who can hurt me. god is only asked to forgive enemies who cannot hurt him. he certainly ought to be as generous as he asks us to be.
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