The shortest word for forgiveness: freedom
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- Forgiveness means freedom.
Résumé
Forgiveness grows out of damage. It's messy but it's potentially healing.
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I find forgiveness very
difficult to define,
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because probably it has multiple meanings.
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So my definitions change over time.
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The shortest word is
it means freedom.
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But it has to, and letting go of
unresolved pain.
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It's more than moving on.
It's more than letting go.
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It's more than accepting
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because it requires a degree
of compassion and empathy
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which of course is very difficult
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when there's been severe wounds.
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My favorite quote about forgiveness
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is not even a definition.
It's a description.
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It's Mark Twain the writer,
the American writer. He says,
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"Forgiveness is the fragrance
that the violet sheds
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on the heel that crushes it."
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And the reason I liked that image
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is because it shows forgiveness
grows out of damage.
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It's messy but it's potentially healing.
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I find forgiveness very difficult to define, because probably it has multiple meanings. So my definitions change over time. The shortest word is it means freedom. But it has to, and letting go of unresolved pain. It's more than moving on. It's more than letting go. It's more than accepting because it requires a degree of compassion and empathy which of course is very difficult when there's been severe wounds. My favorite quote about forgiveness is not even a definition. It's a description. It's Mark Twain the writer, the American writer. He says, "Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that crushes it." And the reason I liked that image is because it shows forgiveness grows out of damage. It's messy but it's potentially healing.