Forgiveness
February 29th, 2008 at 2:56 pm ()
It occurs to me that if you live your life all about forgiveness, then you necessarily have to live your life looking under people’s skirts for things to forgive. Without “crimes,” then there is nothing to “forgive,” I think.
That somehow seems wrong.
It’s not that I think one ought NOT to forgive, but more like it needs to be in the proper perspective as a Defining Characteristic.
I think it’s better to get the forgiving part done and flushed out of the system quick and to not be ostentatious about it. The “forgiveness” part of the cycle really ought to be somewhat comparable to the “crime” part of the cycle, but maybe less so. I mean, shouldn’t forgiveness be a Boolean value? Otherwise, one comes across as being a bit of a judgmental asshole.
Although I suppose I could be wrong on that…