What must be given up completely in order to forgive? If it is a smaller offense, let’s say someone accidently tripped you and they ask you to forgive them, the offering is small. There was no malice or deception, and so giving up a sense
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The idea of forgiveness is both hopeful and daunting. This passage had made me want to think back and reflect on my own need for forgiving.
“The New York Poem,” by Sam Hamill: a mute sadness settles in,
like dust, for the long, long haul. But if I do not get up and sing,
If I do not get up and dance again, the savages will win”
― We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
like dust, for the long, long haul. But if I do not get up and sing,
If I do not get up and dance again, the savages will win”
― We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
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