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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:31:32 -0700
From: Bob Kanegis
Subject: Fw: Thoughts on forgiveness






----- Original Message -----
From: Liz Mangual
To: Bob Kanegis
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 9:19 AM
Subject: Thoughts on forgiveness




Wow forgiveness, what a difficult thing to do! I think forgiveness =
opens doors, creates a pathway for a possibility of healing to take =
place. Someone has to take the initiative, the first step, but only =
when 'they' feel fully ready to honestly forgive....let go of past =
hurts, injury, pain, etc. However though, I think that the initiator =
has to 'initiate' with some level of maturity. Maturity comes from =
being able to differentiate, after having forgiven, whether the person =
being forgiven is ready to enter into a reciprocal transformation for =
healing to begin. But if the forgiver then perceives more injury coming =
towards them from the forgiven setting boundaries is crucial, so as not =
to allow more injury to occur. I think that when forgivenesss truly =
happens everyone can begin to be healed, 'the victim' and the one who =
injures.

Just thought I'd share these thoughts.

Warm regards everyone,
Liz Mangual