tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post7340150745314131495..comments2023-11-03T06:26:00.486-07:00Comments on Ms. Kitty's Saloon and Road Show: It's not that I have had nothing to say...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-1227038747027358442009-10-09T16:00:31.224-07:002009-10-09T16:00:31.224-07:00This is not just a binary issue, as it is customar...This is not just a binary issue, as it is customarily discussed. It has been pointed out, for instance, by a recent biographer of an important churchman who has questionable administrative judgement, that one may forgive someone who harms oneself, but the issue is less clear when that person has harmed someone else. For instance, an appointee may harm a third party; the person who did the appointing cannot forgive the person whom he erred in appointing in the same sense as the harmed person might, and may even share the blame through his lack of judgement in making the appointment. Past the binary case, the issues are more complex, and the person who ultimately caused the problem, whether through incompetence or by intentional manipulation, may manage to appear not part of the problem.LinguistFriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02695715246663202212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-41673489204031875382009-10-08T21:28:04.475-07:002009-10-08T21:28:04.475-07:00Thanks, Pixie. It's a hard row to hoe, isn...Thanks, Pixie. It's a hard row to hoe, isn't it? I appreciate your thoughts.Lilylouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328027965155428624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-37364543404539113392009-10-08T21:00:02.789-07:002009-10-08T21:00:02.789-07:00I share in your struggles, Rev Kit. My forgivenes...I share in your struggles, Rev Kit. My forgiveness ebbs and flows with people, many of them I never see or will never see again. I find peace, then something happens and I"m angry at them, then I find peace again. My deceased Dad's 63rd birthday was this past Monday, and I found myself alternately weeping and cooing and railing at him, 12 years since his death. Forgiveness, it would seem, is an iterative process.Mile High Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03276750909800945131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-50807367424382376952009-10-06T20:30:34.386-07:002009-10-06T20:30:34.386-07:00Thanks, Rene, I guess that may be the most importa...Thanks, Rene, I guess that may be the most important realization, that we need to forgive ourselves for being human.Lilylouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328027965155428624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-51696743026907937542009-10-06T18:58:51.753-07:002009-10-06T18:58:51.753-07:00Iguess over the years that I have encountered a nu...Iguess over the years that I have encountered a number of people who have done due damage to me (imagined or real). I too have found a great deal of difficulty forgiving them. Still, what I found more difficult was that I "could not" forgive and forget. Then I finally came to the realization that I "like them" am only human. In doing this and actually forgiving myself for not being perfect, I have found a peace with them. We just had our differences... In the end I am still here and well, it was just something encountered on the road to life.. I dont remember most of my so called enemies. I simply remember the times I showed how human I was and regret them. Then I celebrate being human and say thanks to my God for making me that human.renehttp://www.ferryfolk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-55883737936731834812009-10-06T12:16:42.145-07:002009-10-06T12:16:42.145-07:00Yes, exactly! Thanks.Yes, exactly! Thanks.Lilylouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328027965155428624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-45561258234500188602009-10-06T11:42:14.031-07:002009-10-06T11:42:14.031-07:00For me, forgiveness allows me to live fully. When ...For me, forgiveness allows me to live fully. When I don't forgive I feel it intensely and often - I suspect even more than the other person. It isn't easy, but it is worthwhile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com