Comments on: Forgiveness http://www.paganites.com/archive/2009/06/30/forgiveness Musings and Happenings of the Stewart Family Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: LiviaIndica http://www.paganites.com/archive/2009/06/30/forgiveness#comment-85810 LiviaIndica Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:42:35 +0000 http://www.michaelandjaspenelle.com/?p=2153#comment-85810 Forgiveness can be a very powerful thing, but also monumentally difficult to reach. I myself held onto some very deep pain, hatred and resentment for over 5 years when a short-lived but meaningful poly relationship went sour. After 2 or 3 years the pain more or less eased but I was still super pissed. It was only last year that I accepted that, at least in my case, many crimes of the heart are committed through ignorance or pain instead of spite. We're all human, we all make mistakes and some of those can seriously hurt the people we love. Forgiveness is not only letting go of that pain but recognizing that the one who hurt you is (perhaps very deeply) flawed and not the wonderful person we once thought them to be. Forgiveness can be a very powerful thing, but also monumentally difficult to reach.

I myself held onto some very deep pain, hatred and resentment for over 5 years when a short-lived but meaningful poly relationship went sour. After 2 or 3 years the pain more or less eased but I was still super pissed. It was only last year that I accepted that, at least in my case, many crimes of the heart are committed through ignorance or pain instead of spite. We’re all human, we all make mistakes and some of those can seriously hurt the people we love. Forgiveness is not only letting go of that pain but recognizing that the one who hurt you is (perhaps very deeply) flawed and not the wonderful person we once thought them to be.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.paganites.com/archive/2009/06/30/forgiveness#comment-85787 Michelle Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:19:55 +0000 http://www.michaelandjaspenelle.com/?p=2153#comment-85787 Boy, does this hit the nail on the head with my struggles lately. How to forgive and forget when you are still angry anf frustrated about what someone has done... Boy, does this hit the nail on the head with my struggles lately. How to forgive and forget when you are still angry anf frustrated about what someone has done…

]]> By: Kalanco http://www.paganites.com/archive/2009/06/30/forgiveness#comment-85786 Kalanco Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:39:25 +0000 http://www.michaelandjaspenelle.com/?p=2153#comment-85786 It can take me a while to forgive somebody, but eventually I always do. Eventually. What I find impossible, is to forgive myself. It can take me a while to forgive somebody, but eventually I always do. Eventually.

What I find impossible, is to forgive myself.

]]> By: Ruth http://www.paganites.com/archive/2009/06/30/forgiveness#comment-85785 Ruth Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:37:44 +0000 http://www.michaelandjaspenelle.com/?p=2153#comment-85785 Good post. You have a wisdom beyond your years. I think unforgiveness and bitterness is the root of many illnesses, not to mention the unhappiness it creates for the unforgiving person and those around them. Forgiveness is liberating, but not always easy to achieve. Good post. You have a wisdom beyond your years. I think unforgiveness and bitterness is the root of many illnesses, not to mention the unhappiness it creates for the unforgiving person and those around them. Forgiveness is liberating, but not always easy to achieve.

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