This week, we want to know more about you and also help you look deep within you to learn more about yourself . What are your thoughts on forgiveness? Do you find it hard to forgive or not? Why?
My thoughts about forgiveness
I don't know about others, but as for me, forgiveness is a quality that anyone that wants to leave long in this life needs to cultivate. Before i explained more, i want to define the word forgiveness. It is an act of letting go of mistakes or wrong doing of others. According to the holy book, it uses the terms, letting go of resentment or anger. Remember, you will feel hurt, angry or upsets when someone offends you. It's normal. But what's your attitude when the person realized his mistakes and ask for forgiveness? Letting go of anger from your heart will help you pardon the wrongdoer freely from your heart.
- Forgiveness is good for our health because it promotes or boost our mental health. Because if we continue to dwell in grudge, it affects our thinking, we feel hurt each time we see the person that offends us. It might cause us to kill the person and put ourselves in trouble.
When we forgive, it strengthens our relationship and bring peace and unity among us.
Our creator is a loving God, he made it clear in his written book that if we don't forgive others, he won't forgive us. He also states that, if we can't forgive or love our brothers whom we can see, it's impossible for us to love whom we have not seen which is him. He instructed us not to allow the sun set on our anger. That'ts show's importance of forgiveness. Do you now believe that forgiveness is a virtue?
Another portion of the holy book says that love cover's multitude of sins. Yes, it's only someone with heart of forgiveness that will show love or let go of offence.
Do i find it difficult to forgive?
Why would I find it difficult to forgive when i know that i offend God every day? Why will it be hard for me to forgive when i can easily offend someone and ask for forgiveness? Do i even have a spare heart to harbor grudges? As for me, once the person who offends me asked for my forgiveness from his or her heart, i forgive him immediately. Reason? No one is above mistakes. I might intentionally or unintentionally offense God or Man and needed forgiveness. What will be my faith if God refused to forgive me because i don't have a heart of forgiveness? Or the person i offended refused to show me mercy?
I love peace of mind and peaceful environment. Am not good in keeping malice or grudge and i thank God for giving such a good heart. So, i forgive freely and easily. I don't want to hurt my mental health too.
*Forgiveness helps us to have free mind, good for our health, attract God's forgiveness on us and attract good poeple to us. I forgive easily in other to continue leaving a healthy life. That doesn't mean i condole evil or my forgiveness being taking for granted. If one is repeatedly doing one particular this to offend me, i will quietly mute or avoid that person and continue having my peace of mind.
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If you want to live long in life truly you just have to learn to forgive people because many will surely offend you .
Exactly my dear. Thanks so much for your observations
Anybody that cherished peace of mind we surely love to forgive other. Thanks for sharing ma
This is one major reason why people forgive easily. For their peace of mind's sake. Not because the offender deserves it.