Can you honestly forgive someone ?

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Yes

I can try to

Forgive, but never forget.

Forget, but never forgive

When hell freezes over

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To forgive takes love, to forget takes humility

- Mother teresa

I guess I'm not as loving and as humble as I think I am.

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Degbeme · 70-79, M

Forgive, but never forget.

bijouxbroussard · F

@Degbeme This.

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@bijouxbroussard

Really? I think that means only a partial forgiveness and not a "full pardon".

bijouxbroussard · F

@SW-User "When someone shows you who they really are, believe them the first time."

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@bijouxbroussard

Forgive, to me, means to fully exonerate. Not allowing yourself to forget means you may look at everyone thereafter as a possible repeat - so you may always live your life on guard.

bijouxbroussard · F

@SW-User Forgiving, to me, means to be able to go forward without anger at the person. Even when I can do that, depending on what was done, of course, I am on guard. I don’t give people multiple opportunities to hurt me.

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@bijouxbroussard

Understood. Not a full pardon. Ever.

Umile · 41-45, F

@Degbeme Not the place I want to go, but always where I end up.