Forgiveness: Some Common Myths

Many popular ideas about “forgiveness” seem to make sense, yet we find them impossible to follow. How do you forget a cousin’s cruel remark? How do you ignore the reality of a co-worker’s arrogance? If that’s what forgiveness requires then we’re doomed to failure. We’re also left feeling guilty, frustrated, and discouraged. But we condemn ourselves unnecessarily. These “failures” aren’t failures to forgive; they’re failures to follow “forgiveness myths” that, in actuality, describe what forgiveness isn’t. What are some of these myths?

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