English Dictionary defines forgiveness as “to grant free pardon and give up all claim on account of an offense.” When and if you forgive someone there can be many positive outcomes. Forgiving is one of the greatest life lessons. Without it‚ growing and learning would not be possible. The cliché term “forgive and forget” is easier said than done. Most forgive but forget about the forgetting part. It can apply to most all forgiving situations. There are three forgiving situations that apply to this
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Other people heel by music and arts. For example‚ in the article “Arts are important as hospital”. Chorn Pod lived in a trauma. He was separate from his family; he was forced to do many things. “music is the reason I’m alive today” (2). In 1975‚ he was separated from his family because of the murder that befell 80-90 %of the county artists and musicians‚ including his parents‚ who run out a group of opera. He was forced to learn to play the flute to make propaganda songs that the regime would blast
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Forgiveness Areum Shin Forgiveness: the act of accusing a mistake or an offence; compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive. During class‚ we have been looking through the poem ‘Let Us Not Be Bitter’ by Oodgeroo Noonucal. The poem has a message towards the Indigenous people of Australia; let us forget about the past‚ forgive what has happened and move on‚ because we have a new‚ fresh start ahead of us. In this poem‚ the author is trying to say that forgiveness is very important
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"Father‚ forgive them for they do not know what they are doing" Luke 23:34.... Forgive. A simple word with a simple meaning but not so simple to do. A common thing we hear from friends or even family members is "I can’t forgive him‚ what they did is unforgivable." Well how do you forgive the unforgivable? Everyday when you turn on the mews we here about a mother watching her innocent child go due to gunshots‚ drunk driving accidents‚ or gang related activity. How can that mother forgive that gun
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concentration camp should have forgiven a Nazi soldier. Some evidence: a quote from his essay states “One should forgive the person or persons who have committed atrocities against oneself and mankind. But this does not necessarily mean one should forget about the atrocities committed.” In other words‚ forgive but don’t forget. He first states that people should forgive and not forget‚ also he goes into talking about a man that he knew named Tibet. He had committed many crimes in China and was put
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Forgive and Forget? In his book "Sunflower"‚ Simon Wiesenthal poses a very difficult philosophical question. With a SS man‚ Karl‚ on his deathbed‚ he asks you for forgiveness on all the atrocities and specifically one horrible one he has committed throughout his service as an SS man. What do you do in his place? The most difficult part in answering his question is that you really can’t know until you were in such a position yourself. Yet we can project our feelings on this dilemma. So forgiveness
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Forgive and Forget or Forgive but Never Forget? Holding grudges has always been something that people frown upon. Forgive and forget is something we usually hear from our elders but everyone knows it is much harder to do than said. Meanwhile‚ other says forgive but never forget because if one allows the same mistake twice it means that we had brought it upon ourselves. So which one is the correct way of life? The first is a way to put ourselves at ease and become a loving carefree person‚ while
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A Good Attitude Equals a Good Life Would you rather look at a glass as half empty or half full? Three ways to help you maintain a good attitude in order to maintain a happy life are look at the positive‚ treat others the way you want to be treated‚ and never hold a grudge. Maintaining a good attitude in life will not only make you happier but it will make you healthier. Good attitudes reduce your stress level which equals a good life. If we always look at the positive in life we will not be
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him in his recovery. For example in chapter 17 Edwin told Cole “We’re going swimming‚” Cole responded “Are you nuts?” this routine was actually soaking in the pond which would later big come a big thing for Cole‚ helping him relieve his mind and forget about things. At first in the book it did mention that they seemed useless to him‚ but as time went by he learned the value of them. Another routine was the ancestor rock. In this routine he carried a rock up a hill caring for it as if it was
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Elaborato: March 12‚ 2013 Is it possible to forgive a wrong done to someone else? Should only those who repent be forgiven? Is forgiveness a selfish act‚ a way to make ourselves feel better? To forgive is to set one free‚ to acknowledge that it does no good to hate. Hate really destroys both the other person and yourself. That realization is what I think taught me about forgiveness‚ and so I try my best to live by it. I think forgiveness is an huge aspect of our humanity. I think many of us are
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