When reading Chapter 9 and 10 this week, the main concept
that stuck out to me was forgiveness. I
feel forgiveness is essential to helping an individual get over and move on
from a negative situation. It was
interesting to read about the different levels of forgiveness. It made me go back and think about all the
different times I have gone through experiences dealing with each level of
forgiveness. The author of the text
states that it is difficult for an individual to "see himself or herself
as a person capable of harming others" (Abigail, p. 181). This is why it is so hard for some people to
forgive others because they can't come to this conclusion. Like I stated earlier, I feel that
forgiveness is a big part of moving along and not getting stuck in a negative
situation. Forgiveness reflects a sense
of maturity and sometimes, an individual has to put their pride aside when
forgiving someone.
As I expressed in my second posting for this week, I am actually struggling to forgive multiple people in my life at this time. I am in a situation in which I feel some of the people in my life should be the ones to ask for forgiveness from myself, but they are unable to see my perspective in within the bigger picture. As you stated, they do not want to view themselves as having done things to hurt another person, and so it seems that it is easier for them to move on without asking for forgiveness or trying to resolve the issue. This makes me sad because I know that I would feel much more peace if I had felt that the offenders in my situation felt remorse, or at least, could understand that what they had done had hurt another person.
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