The Complicated Art of Forgiveness

The complicated art of forgiveness

We first learn about forgiveness when we are young. When a kid hurts you on the playground or calls you a name in class, the teacher comes between you two, asks the other kid to apologize, asks us to forgive them and we quickly forget about what happened. But as we get older, forgiveness becomes a complicated choice. On one hand, we are told that forgiveness is a powerful tool — how mature it is to forgive someone, how it’s the only way to help …