You can forgive an action, which means that you have cut away the emotional resonance and the importance of the action. You can forgive a person, which means that you have cut away the emotional resonance and the importance of the person. This is why I generally forgive actions, not people. . .
I think when one forgives a person he is basically showing unconditional love. You love them despite their actions which may have been harmful. To me forgiving someone validates their importance to me, it does not cut that away. I may love someone even if they are mean to me. I forgive my ex-husband and I still love him in a spiritual way, but I do NOT forgive some of the things he did to me.
Hrm.. but I think in the end we're actually saying the same thing about forgiveness and it's probably just a semantics discussion.
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Date: 2003-07-07 10:31 pm (UTC)You can forgive an action, which means that you have cut away the emotional resonance and the importance of the action. You can forgive a person, which means that you have cut away the emotional resonance and the importance of the person. This is why I generally forgive actions, not people. . .
I think when one forgives a person he is basically showing unconditional love. You love them despite their actions which may have been harmful. To me forgiving someone validates their importance to me, it does not cut that away. I may love someone even if they are mean to me. I forgive my ex-husband and I still love him in a spiritual way, but I do NOT forgive some of the things he did to me.
Hrm.. but I think in the end we're actually saying the same thing about forgiveness and it's probably just a semantics discussion.