forgiveness

Aug 30, 2003 22:40

I was reading Invisible Lines of Connection by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner this afternoon, where I came across this:

"To be forgiven, you must first learn how to forgive. Many of us waste years waiting to be forgiven. But since we have never offered forgiveness ourselves, we do not know how to recognize it when it is extended to us. To 'forgive' means not only to excuse someone for having committed an offense, but also to renounce anger and claims of resentment. Forgiving someone therefore means that you are willing to endure the risk that he will hurt you in exactly the same way again, but that you trust him not to."

Just some food for thought at the beginning of the month of Elul...

religion (general)

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