Senait Ghebrehiwet
Prof. Kathleen Wax
ENG 111- FO3A
05 September 2015
I Believe in Forgiveness Do you remember as a child getting hit by a classmate and you hold that anger for days and you gather your friends to take revenge. Well, I was that kid, forgiveness was not on my list and for me forgiveness meant showing my weak side. Looking back, I was a happy child, even through my teenager years. As I grew, life and its responsibilities started hitting me real hard causing a lot of stress. Some people hurt your feelings unknowingly, while some people do it purposely yet they ask me for forgiveness repetitively and I find it hard to forgive them. Sometimes getting hurt and letting it go or forgiving is okay. Therefore, I believed in forgiveness
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By peace I mean, when I think about it if I will be holding my grudge against every person who is close to me or not, then I wouldn’t have anyone to be around even worse I wouldn’t trust anyone. As humans, we all make mistakes, so forgiveness should be in our criteria as well. For instance, I remember telling my best friend, my secret asking her several times it should stay between as two not matter what weeks later she thought she was going to find my a solution to my problem and she end up telling to the wrong person and next think it was everybody we knew secrets. I remember the hate and anger I had towards her, even she had repeatedly asked me for forgiveness yet I couldn’t find it in me. A year passed by causing a lot of stress, such as not wanting to see her again, not focusing on my studies, not wanting to have more friends and I was unhappy. I always found that empty gap for BFF so after my mother advised me to understand the meaning of forgiveness and that giving someone another chance meant first forgiving yourself and giving yourself some peace in order to move on forward to my future goals in life. Therefore, I believe in forgiveness so I can be happy and in
Before the question of forgiveness can be answered something to consider is what does it mean to forgive. The act of forgiveness can be seen as many things, for example it can be seen as the pardoning of an action done by one person by another. It can also be seen as the letting go of feelings of resentment and vengeance against another person. According to Hans Habe in The Sunflower, “Forgiveness is the imitation of God” (163). This
Forgive today, live in peace tomorrow. Forgiveness; one of the many hardships we encounter throughout life. As Marianne Williamson, an American author, stated, “Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.” Forgiveness leads to peace because it lets go of all the negative feelings and allows freedom from disturbance to take place.
Also, understanding is the key to forgive someone regrets his immoral acts against you. The story of Albert Speer reveals the sorrow and compassion of one of the culprit find himself face to face with a victim. Mr. Albert was supporting the Nazis against Jews during the Holocaust. He acknowledged his responsibility and guilt for the mass crime. With the guilty verdict, he imprisoned for twenty years for his legal inhuman acts. When Simon Wiesenthal met him, Albert considered his eyes to find compassion and humanity inside (The Sunflower 246). Thus, I believe that when victim lets down the revenge, he also removes most of the barriers for a substantial correction. In the meantime, if you forgive, you can stop the stupidity of haters and prove that you are much stronger. Besides the world has a lot of evidence proclaiming that the desire for revenge disappears even after a long time of reciprocal violence, but only the people who forgive are the last standing. Overall, to forgive is to build bridges between victims and culprits for a healthy
Forgiveness is very important throughout life. If people don't forgive, they are going to be stuck in the past always remembering about the mistake that person did. Forgiving someone can make yourself feel better because you know you forgave that person and there's no negativity between you and that person.
Forgiveness is something that everyone struggles with at some point. Forgiving anyone can take time and is sometimes very hard to accomplish. In Tuesday's with Morrie, by Mitch Albom, we learn that it is essential to forgive ourselves by letting go of our regrets because what we have now may not always be there. It is always important to look at life as it is now with a positive view, holding a grudge will only damage your response to living.
To begin with, forgiving people who wronged you comes in handy since it helps you live a longer and healthier life. According to the informational text “Understanding Forgiveness” written by PBS, it states that people who forgive have “ [f]ewer stress-related health issues” and their
To achieve academic success, I will work on being more forgiving to an extent. I think that when it comes down to it, I’m extremely forgiving to others. Even in the worst situations, I still show remorse of where it makes myself look weak and not mature. My views are very different when it comes to forgiveness because in my mind I believe that forgiveness is for everyone. Anyone who has done an act that hurts me in any way, it bothers me a lot that I forgive them. While building my growth mindset I still want to forgive people but to an extent where I still imply that they are in the wrong.
Forgiveness is not just practiced by saints and not only benefits its recipients but have strong connection with person’s physical, mental and spiritual health. It plays a great role in the health of families, communities and nations. Forgiveness provides common ground for love, acceptance, harmony and true happiness Most spiritual and religious leaders of the world will agree that forgiveness of oneself and others is one way to clear the mind, heart and soul and may result in a feeling of increased peace and happiness.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” (Martin Luther King, Jr.). As this wise, respected man once said, forgiveness can only bring progression into this world. Just imagine a world where everyone held grudges and never overlooked someone’s mistakes mankind would be set back decades because we wouldn’t be able to get along. Now I know many people hold grudges against one another due to mistakes but, it’s only human to make them and to get angry over these errors but, in order to progress with our lives we need to forgive and forget. I began to realize that some people were uncivil, and held grudges, when I was younger and I saw relatives get into arguments and altercations
Have you ever been so angry with someone's actions that you feel like they deserve to suffer the consequences? What if somebody bullied or harassed a fellow co-worker or friend? Do they deserve revenge or forgiveness for their actions? Most of the time, one should pick forgiveness, it is what is right and where nobody else gets hurt.
There is something in my life that I believe in. I believe in forgiveness. I believe that no matter what someone does to lose a person’s friendship or respect there should always be an opportunity to forgive that person. Forgiveness is a very important thing I believe in because it doesn’t feel good to hate or even just dislike someone strongly. Also it has helped me become a better person too.
I believe in forgiveness. Everyone in the world including me wants someone’s forgiveness for any reason. I had always been living with forgiveness since I was a little kid. I know that anyone wants to make peace with someone; whether it’s your brother/sister, your friends, your parents, or even yourself. Forgiveness is what hold people together.
What is forgiveness? According to Hoskins (n.d), the dictionary defines forgive as to pardon or forgive an enemy, to cease or forgive an offense. When you forgive the ones who have hurt you, you are setting yourself free. Free from the possibilities that you can do harm on yourself because like what the dictionary says, to forgive is to cease an offense. So if you forgive other who have hurt you, it means that you set yourself free from having physical ailments or maybe diseases. Because if not, the anger inside you will eat you that will cause such
It's time to re-evaluate what we think we know about forgiveness. Often, forgetting the harm someone has done to you seems nearly impossible. Many of us bear scars that speak of a painful time. What do we do when, we have experiences that are so painful we cannot forget? If we cannot forget, how can we forgive?
Forgiving someone is not always an easy thing to do. It can take me days, months, even years to forgive someone who has hurt me.. Those who have wronged me have taught me a lot. They have shaped me into the person I am today. Although those people have taught me something, they still have hurt me and it takes a big part of a person to forgive. Some say the reason why it is so hard for us to forgive is because we don’t really understand what it is or how it works. I think never forgiving someone causes pain within. Forgiveness is so difficult but I have begun to understand it better because of my experiences, they way I was raised, and the rules and norms of society.