Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-rex!merrill From: merrill@rex.DEC Newsgroups: net.religion,net.women,net.philosophy Subject: FORGIVENESS Message-ID: <2@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Sun, 16-Dec-84 19:15:54 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.2 Posted: Sun Dec 16 19:15:54 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 18-Dec-84 07:00:32 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 11 Xref: watmath net.religion:5135 net.women:3824 net.philosophy:1317 "...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.