I have watched an inability to forgive vaporize healthy relationships. I have watched communities suffering in pain instead of healing through forgiveness. If you cannot forgive then you may end up bitter and alone talking to your self loathing cat as you read Camus or an angry soul that screams at people buying bacon at Wall-mart. Forgiveness is something we should show everyone but I recognize that for some this is a long road. I found this beautiful site which shares stories of forgiveness from those that have been on the brutal end of hateful acts. Perhaps one of the most important reasons to forgive is that it is an opposite to hatred and if we want hatred to stop, then we have to do our part.
Read one of the stories on this site; they're a little dark but full of hope.
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