The Capacity For Forgiveness

forgivenessI grew up with the adage that you should always forgive and then forget, and I believed that should be the way for a very long time. I then practiced it in my daily life consciously until I was deeply hurt once again, and this particular time the pain lingered because somebody had broken my trust into countless painful shards.

I have since forgiven that person, well I think I have. At least I think that I don’t wish anything bad to befall on this person; as there remains not …