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Mar 21, 2024 · Now I’m exploring: What does forgiveness look like when we take 100% responsibility; end blame and criticism; and see how the opposite of our story could be as true or truer than our story?
- The Chemistry Teacher in Libya
- The Last-Minute Pardon
- The Push That Changed A Life
- The Ill-Fated Grocery Cart
- The Forgiving Mother
- The Stranger's Email
- The Unregistered Car
- The Drunk Driver
Anita Smith and her husband Ronnie moved to Libya because, "We saw the suffering of the Libyan people, but we also saw your hope, and we wanted to partner with you to build a better future," Anita said in a letter published on VergeNetwork.org. Ronnie was a chemistry teacher in a Benghazi school. On Dec. 5, 2013, it all ended during Ronnie's mornin...
In Iran, it is standard practice for families of murder victims to oversee the execution of murderer of their family member. They are also given the choice to pardon the offender. Such was the fate of a young man who had already served seven years for killing 17-year-old Abdollah Alinejad in a street fight, according to The Associated Press. In May...
When Rachelle Friedman's bachelorette party ended, she and her friends decided to go for a swim. Playfully, one of her friends pushed Rachelle in, not thinking about how shallow the water was at that end of the pool. Friedman's head struck the pool's bottom and she broke her neck, instantly paralyzing her from the collarbone down. Since that fatefu...
Marion Hedges was shopping at the mall for Halloween candy for underprivileged children when she was hit by a shopping cart pushed from the second story by two young boys. ABC Newsreported the woman suffered a serious brain injury, lost her sight in her left eye, was briefly in a coma and underwent weeks of physical therapy, but through it all she ...
Scarlett Lewis' son, Jesse, was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the biggest school shooting in U.S. history. At first, she said, she felt like her anger sapped all her strength and energy. She was angry at the shooter and at the mother for unwittingly arming him. But she made a choice to forgive. She told The Forgiveness P...
Christy Jones thought her marriage was perfect until the day she received an email from a woman she had never met. "You don't know me, but I am no longer dating your husband ... I'm sorry for any pain I caused your family," the email read. "I felt paralyzed," Christy told RealSimple.com, recalling the exact moment she read those words. Battling her...
In June 2009, Dr. Chuck Sandstrom was overseeing the removal of an unregistered car from a rental property he owned in Akron, Ohio, when Michael Ayers, the owner of the car, confronted him. Enraged, Ayers punched Dr. Sandstrom, whose head snapped back, colliding with the brick wall behind him. Sandstrom suffered a traumatic brain injury and continu...
It was a cold night in February 2007 when the car holding Chris Williams and his family was hit by a 17-year-old drunk driver. Immediately, Chris checked on his children in the back seat and quickly realized his 11-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter had died. Then as he watched, his pregnant wife sitting next to him exhaled for the last time. Mea...
Sep 19, 2013 · By Rebecca Ruiz. Mary Johnson, 61, knows something about forgiveness: she has hugged the man who murdered her only son. While that profound moment was only possible after years of turmoil and ...
- Do a Forgiveness Inventory. Examine different areas of your life and make a list of all the people you need to forgive (parents, siblings, other family members, friends, former partners, coworkers, employers, government, etc) and the things you need to forgive them for.
- Identify Your Grievance. Select one person from your list and describe your grievance in detail. Describe what happened and your thoughts and feelings about it.
- Describe Your Grievance Story. We create a story about everything that happens in our lives. It’s our way to relate to the world and make sense of what we are experiencing.
- Face Your Painful Emotions. To fully forgive, you need to address your feelings around what grievance story. Many people were taught that some feelings are okay, but other feelings, like anger and hurt are not.
May 4, 2023 · Has forgiving someone ever made you feel better, as the research here suggests? If so, tell us a story about a time when you forgave someone and the effect it had on you.
Apr 22, 2011 · By Alex Hudson. BBC News. We occasionally hear inspirational stories of victims and relatives who forgive abusers, murderers and even war criminals. But just how easy is it to forgive? The brother...
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“I believe the same thing is true of forgiveness. When we forgive someone, we take our hand off the rope. But if we’ve been tugging at our grievances for a long time, we mustn’t be surprised if the old angry thoughts keep coming for a while.
