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Senryu #30 ...forgiving...
forgiveness is healthy
for the giver
...fact worth remembering...
Published 13th Apr 2019
| Edited 19th May 2019
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Anonymous
13th Apr 2019 5:07pm
I'd say it's healthier for the forgiver than the forgiven. We carry the full weight of it longer than they do. Memory holds us tighter by the throat
13th Apr 2019 5:35pm
You put that very well, Willow...
anger gnaws at the abused...not the abuser.
Give it back and it's no longer yours.
Thanks for the kind words. Ely
anger gnaws at the abused...not the abuser.
Give it back and it's no longer yours.
Thanks for the kind words. Ely
13th Apr 2019 10:07pm
" forgiveness is healthy
for the giver
...fact worth remembering..."
... an excellent general health-insurance policy too - and backed up by science, I believe, (not that one particularly needs science to confirm ancient truths)
for the giver
...fact worth remembering..."
... an excellent general health-insurance policy too - and backed up by science, I believe, (not that one particularly needs science to confirm ancient truths)
14th Apr 2019 3:03am
True...but it is nice to have confirmation...
from an ''unimpeachable source''...
just in case one runs into a skeptic... which does happen
of course...Ely
from an ''unimpeachable source''...
just in case one runs into a skeptic... which does happen
of course...Ely
