forgiveness

Seeing the other’s perspective can help with forgiveness

When you are able to see things from another person’s perspective, then you are able to ask for forgiveness and to grant forgiveness. – Rabbi YY Jacobsonhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/gGxPpoLsvrk?start=786…–When someone does something that causes you pain, it often helps to put yourself in the other person’s shoes. Try to see the situation from their perspective. Instead of […]

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Words to Avoid: “I will never forgive you for that”

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Forgiveness is a gift. A gift you give to yourself. When you hold onto resentment or a grudge, you are shackling yourself to that event in your past. That hurt and resentment is a burden – the offender doesn’t carry it, only you do. Actually, when you hold that grudge, you are giving power to

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Forgiving is not forgetting. It is changing how you think about the hurt.

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Do not keep replaying the offense in your mind. Do not dwell on your hurt feelings or pain. Release the person from your judgment. Consciously, decide to forgive them. Though you may not be able to forget what happened, you can make the decision not to dwell on past offenses. You if you put too

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Be quick to apologize. Be quick to forgive.

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People are tense, stressed. You may say or do something that didn’t land right on the other person. Something you might normally say/do that doesn’t ruffle anything might bring negative responses in this time. Or your spouse may have. Be quick to apologize. Explain your regret for having hurt them. Do not explain it away

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Try for empathy instead of forgiveness.

JOT general / Admin

Empathy expands our perspectives about ourselves, others, and life. When we empathize, we are able to imagine that, had we lived someone else’s life, we might have made the same choices as they have made. Empathy says that we are all human and everyone is doing the best they can with what they know, and

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Forgiving is not forgetting. It is changing how you think about the hurt.

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Accept the apology gracefully.

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Accept the apology when it’s sincerely given. (You can tell the difference. If it wasn’t given honestly, there was no apology, thus nothing to accept.) Don’t say flip phrases like, “Oh forget it,” “You don’t have to apologize,” “It was nothing.” It’s too easy to go there when everyone is clearly uncomfortable. But you both

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Forgive to move on

JOT general / Admin

Not forgiving is like trying to punish the other – by harming yourself. The unforgiveness may be aimed at the other, but in reality you are only wounding yourself. Forgiveness is giving up the idea that the past could have had different results. It is about letting go of a hurtful situation and moving on

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Request forgiveness.

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Asking for forgiveness places control in the other person’s hands, since he/she doesn’t have to forgive you just because you’ve apologized. Note: There is a difference between asking for forgiveness and DEMANDING forgiveness. Words you might use: “I care about you a lot. Will you please forgive me?” – “I know it might take you

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Accept an apology gracefully

JOT general / Admin

How you accept an apology from your spouse will impact if you will get apologies in the future; after all, arguments and injuries are inevitable in a marriage. Accept the apology gracefully. If you make it hard to apologize, your spouse will be less forthcoming in the future. Accepting the apology gracefully and forgiving is

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Seeing the other’s perspective can help with forgiveness

Words to Avoid: “I will never forgive you for that”

Forgiving is not forgetting. It is changing how you think about the hurt.

Be quick to apologize. Be quick to forgive.

Try for empathy instead of forgiveness.

Forgiving is not forgetting. It is changing how you think about the hurt.

Accept the apology gracefully.

Forgive to move on

Request forgiveness.

Accept an apology gracefully

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