Forgiveness as a habit

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A lot of people have told me in
the early days that I was crazy

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to forgive Paula Cooper.

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Many people in our
organisation we've been called

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crazy or they say
that we're saints.

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And I just read something
a couple days ago

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that Dorothy Day
from the Catholic Worker

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said, "Don't dismiss us that easily.
We're not saints.

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So don't use that as an excuse
that we were able to forgive."

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Forgiveness is possible
for all of us.

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And as a Christian that forgiveness
is what Jesus wants us to do.

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But we're kind of allowed
to pick and choose

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what we forgive and
what we don't forgive.

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Forgiveness should be habit.
It should be a way of life,

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a way of life to forgive, forgive, forgive,
forgive and just keep on forgiving.

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And it's a beautiful way to live

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because you don't have all that
anger and desire for revenge

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and that's what slows you down.