The Forgiveness Project is highly recommended reading. It is incredibly thought provoking and insightful. After reading this book and trying to understand people's thought processes when dealing with trauma in all guises it made me reflect on my own life and the barriers I have put up in resistance to forgiveness are a redundant tool which hinders personal progress and happiness.
I thought it would be preachy and full of Christ-centric prose but it wasn't- it's about real people's terrible experiences and how they've come to terms with them- and sometimes it's one step forward, two steps back but the awareness of the capacity to forgive in all cases is a powerful insight and you can see how it has enabled people to move on from the trauma.
I really felt that reading this book has changed my perceptions in a positive way- enabling me to think even more compassionately and with further empathy. I am a very empathic person but I do sometimes struggle with my temper even though I follow the Quaker ways. This book will certainly make me appreciate the capacity for peace and compassion through hurt.
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