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Subject: FORGIVENESS
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"...Forgiving is the only way to be fair to yourself. Getting even is a loser's
game. It is the ultimate frustration because it leaves you with more pain than
you got in the first place.  The only way to heal the pain...is to forgive the
person who hurt you. Forgiving stops the reruns of pain... Forgiveness is the
only way to heal the hurt we never deserved."
						Lewis B. Smedes
	`Forgive and Forget' (harper & Row, 1984)

Why all religions, philosophies, and `isms don`t emphasize this aspect of
practical forgiveness is beyond me.