No close friendship or intimate human relationship has ever existed without some degree of pain. It is simply not possible for fallen human beings to function in interpersonal relationships without the ever-present potential for injury. It is an expression of our fallenness to sacrifice the well-being of others in order to protect ourselves from the possibility of personal pain or injury. Consequently, for a relationship to survive in an honest, healthy, and meaningful way, the individuals in the relationship must be involved in the process of forgiving one another on an ongoing basis.

If my perception of myself is that I am the kind of person who requires little forgiveness, then I will not be the kind of person who lets go of hurting those back who have hurt me. On the other hand, if my perception of myself is that I am the kind of person who requires all the forgiveness that I can get, then I will be the kind of person who will forgive.

In conclusion, we all would like to forget that we have been hurt; it is painful to remember those times. However, if our practice is to use forgiveness as a means to forget our pain, then we make the goal of forgiveness simply to feel better.

my best wishes 4 u all:

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