Forgiveness-noun-
1. Compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive.
2. The act of excusing a mistake or offense.
I’ve been knocked down more than a handful of times in my life for forgiving people. Not even by the people I have forgiven, but by others for telling me I am too. There are many people who believe that you do me wrong once, I am done with you, but EVERYONE makes mistakes.
I am a firm believer in forgiveness and second chances. Everyone deserves them at some point or another in their life. The difficult part in knowing when you just can’t give someone another chance. If you forgive someone once, is it okay to do it again and again? Also, what if they did something to really hurt you; it is possible to trust someone ever again?
I have been thinking about this a lot the last couple days. The most important factor is being able to believe in who you are as a person, before you can forgive someone and be able to trust him or her again. You have to remember that maybe it will work out, but maybe it won’t. Will you be okay with putting all your feelings and emotions back into something with the possibility of them hurting you all over again? It is such a difficult thing.
If you give up, you may never be happy again, but you also have the possibility of finding different happiness with someone else or something else. If you don’t give up, you could get hurt again and it might even hurt more the second time. However, you could also be the happiest person by following your heart.
It leads me to one of my favorite quotes: “Don’t let pride stop you from finding out where something could go.” I think about this quote daily. I can be a very stubborn person and full of pride, but sometimes you just have to not give up if you believe in someone or something. No matter what you think is going to happen—you just need to follow your heart, and know no matter what you are doing what you believe is best for you, period.
Who knows it could make you the happiest person!
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I always try to forgive people who have done me wrong. When you hold on to the hate it can eat you up inside. It's better to just let it go.
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I think that forgiving people kind of puts you in the mode where you dont have to regret not forgiving that person yah know. I forgive always i dont know if i always give second chances but i definately forgive :-)
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That is an absolutely fabulous post! I have been struggling with the same issues in the past few weeks and had posted about frustration and your post really says the deep down knitty gritty of it. When do you have to just draw the line at constant forgiveness and what exactly defines that line. (Two times, 3?6?)
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I LOVED this post, expecially that quote. I find it hard to forgive people too, let me guess youre a scorpio? :)
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