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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

Forgiveness has a different context depending on where the person is from or what he believes. Religion places a great emphasis on the view of forgiveness.

In this context, we can forgive, because there are two components to forgiveness which is attitudinal and transactional. Before we approach the person who sinned against us, we must approach God and battle to have a forgiving and merciful heart. To forgive someone, we really need to be sincere so that there would not be revenge that particular individual. We have to make sure that our heart is ready to forgive that person and we really mean it. Thus, we will be very easy and the peaceful finally be with us. Our heart will be in peace because there is no more hatred and we can go through our life happily. So, the forgiveness is really good for our heart. It trains us to be more patient in order to deal with person who did wrong to us. It also gives us a mercy heart so that there will be no revenge between that particular individual and

Everyone in one way or another has something they think is right. Whether it be forgiving or not they each have their justified opinion. I'm not here to try and change that, but some people have to look from all perspectives. But we still have to answer the question, can justice and forgiveness go hand in hand? That really up to what you believe. I can't make that decision for you. I believe in some cases yes they can

Forgiveness is a voluntary process and only time can heal all wounds. Scratch that- time won’t heal all wounds and forgiving someone is totally and completely up to you. When stating that forgiveness is “voluntary,” it simply means that one is forgiving someone at their own free will. The question is “why? why must we forgive someone after doing something so awful?” The answer might be complex. In the book “Picking Cotton” by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, Ronald Cotton and Erin Torneo, and in the book “Beauty for Ashes” written by Joyce Meyer, forgiveness is portrayed as a big role. Each person goes through their own struggles and eventually has to forgive someone or be forgiven by someone.

We forgive for our own good, not for the people who have hurt us. We should never be held prisoner by the people who hurt us. That is what happens when we choose to not forgive and choose to hold grudges. Being unforgivable soon turns into bitterness. That bitterness will eat at your heart and soul. Being able to forgive does not by any means imply that we are weak. It is actually showing ourselves and others how strong we are. Do not wait to forgive those who have hurt you. If you wait to forgive until you feel the time is right, it will never happen. Simply because there is no “right time.” Remember, forgiving is not easy and never will it be. Yes, it is easy to say “I forgive you.” The hard part of it all is to genuinely mean it. If you become so wrapped up in holding a grudge, all you see it hurt and anger. You are missing what is important. Such as the present and all the joyful happiness that comes along life. The Holocaust was one of the worst things that has ever happened over time. Yet, some people have managed to forgive the horrible crimes that they endured. In The Fault in Our Stars, Hazel at first had a hard time forgiving Peter Van Hoten for being so rude to her and Augustus. He was her favorite author and he completely let her down by being so rude to her. She was very angry but didn’t hold a grudge against him for

Forgiving someone does not mean you pardon or excuse what the other person did, or that you will forget the incident ever happened. Just because you’ve forgiven someone doesn’t mean you won’t still feel angry, sad or betrayed, or that there isn’t still a lot to work out. You don’t have to tell the person you’ve forgiven them and you certainly don’t have to continue to make a place for them in your life. Many people are afraid of forgiving someone simply because they worry it will mean they will have to renew a connection with that individual.

Even though many people think that forgiving won’t get anyone anywhere, or help anyone, they are wrong. Forgiveness is key to life, without forgiveness people would never be able to have any relations with anyone, mistakes are a part of life and mistakes happen. The way people take the mistake show people what kind of person they will become, and forgiving someone can change a person’s life.

Even though many circumstances need forgiveness and God often calls is to forgive. Everyone makes mistakes and some are easy to forgive but not always. Forgiveness isn't always easy, but is enormously important for a relationship to move on.

When asing and preparing for forgiveness people get mixed feelings for example they may feel guilt and sadness knowing they have hurt themselves for someone else. When asking for forgiveness people should understand that there are things needed to face due to there mistakes and doing so makes the situation better and much easier. A way that the scripture is lived out in the contemporary Catholic community is how the father took his son and celebrated at his return, to show him that he is loved no matter what and in any circumstance he will be accepted into his own home. This is lived in the Catholic community by how anyone is accepted not matter looks, colour, belief, colour etc god and the community will take you in as their own. We have learnt that god will forgive us and help us in our needed times and when we are struggling. As god's children god understands hardship and chooses to forgive us if we surrender ourselves to him and choose not to make the decision

Forgiveness starts and ends with you because it has nothing to do with the other person nor being right or wrong. It's about having the chance to be happy and letting the thing that hold you back go and being more free from the problem that you were facing with. An example of this would be the book Tell me three things because it talks about how jessie learns to forgive her dad for moving to another state away for her best friend. And remarrying another woman when it's only been a year after her mom's death. She could of have hold in the anger and not forgive her dad because forgiveness is a decision that you personally have to making in rather to move on with life and find happiness.

Everyone has something that they may have done and recognized later that they are playing with someone’s feelings and may have hurt them to cause mixed feelings towards them. This could have been done by accident or on purpose but you might have felt some sort of guilt as to what you done to the victim and how you made he/she feel that way. This creates some sort of hate towards the bullies as the victim does not like or acknowledge the bullies presence as well as theirs. By forgiving someone who hurt you and moving on, you understand that you faced the bullies and the problem while being brave and strong. Moreover, you essentially understand that by forgiving, the people are aware of what they have done and helped tell them that they can move on as well. Forgiveness leads to happiness as the person will be free from guilt but will not make the same mistake to someone else so that the other victim doesn’t have to go through the same thing.

According to Mariam-Webster’s second definition for the word for forgive you must give up the malice you hold for another. Forgiveness is something most children are taught they must have in order to move on and find peace. Some crimes are considered unforgiveable, for example molestation and murder of a young girl, or accidents such as running over a child’s favorite pet. There are many levels to forgiveness in every walk of life, what does it mean to forgive? Is forgive and forget truly so simple? Jesus preached may he who hath not sinned throw the first stone. But is it really that easy? Some would say yes, while others never. This paper is about what I say, and what I base those opinions

What is forgiveness? Forgive is something you feel and do. You stop the madness and hostility to tell the person that you are no longer upset. Certain things in life are hard to forgive because things people do can damage you in a plethora of different ways. Being able to forgive someone at some point in your depending on what they did could feel impossible. Forgiving is forgetting and sometimes you have to forget because holding it against some could make you a bad person.

Forgiving doesn’t mean you forget what has happened, it simply means, “yes it did happen but I’m going to take this and learn from it” instead of letting that person get the best of you. Not all people truly understand what the meaning of forgiveness is, and usually those people are the ones that take it as the other person being “weak” or showing weakness and that it’s ok for them to proceed in doing what they intend to do, and that is, to try and bring you down because they see that you’re doing just fine without them being in your life, so they turn to just trying to make your life ten times harder than it should be because they feel like it. In life, there are going to be many times where you are going to have conflicts with others, and what you as the “bigger” person should do is to remain calm in these situations, reflect, and forgive. As the saying goes, “you live and you learn” it is truly what you do in life, it’s a thing that every human being