Forgiveness

"Forgiveness is not something we do; it is something we discover. I am able to forgive when I discover that I am in no position to forgive. I am more like those that hurt me than unlike them, more similar than different. Forgiveness is not the act of canceling a debt or erasing an act of wrongdoing; it is the discovery of our similarity. It is all right to be like someone else, even the one who has done us wrong." Forgiving is something we discover, something "like grace fluttering into our hearts" as our viewpoint slowly changes. It is a viewpoint because it requires the changing of the mental view and the emotional point of departure (where we start from) in remembering the injury." David Augsburger