Hi All,

I must admit I am having a very hard time understanding how to forgive when the circumstances seem beyond forgivenss.  Forgivenss is something I've done in the past when the agony of not forgiving becomes too great or too tiresome.  I still struggle and therefore, struggle with helping my clients when things they have experienced seem beyond forgivenss.  Here are some thoughts and quotes I've come up with.

Firstly, I think the definition of forgivenss is this: FORGIVENESS IS WHAT YOU DO TO GIVE YOURSELF PEACE.

Secondly, these are some words that have been coming to me:

In all of life, there is a price to pay for everything. The price of anger and hatred is a lack of peace and quiet in your soul.

Is the endless gnawing of thought of anger, revenge, hatred, and other damage towards the hated, the unforgiven worth the price you pay?

And I ask you again: who pays that price? You do, my friend, you do.

Again and again and again.

Forgiveness is a deal you make with yourself and your
God to let thoughts of the unforgiveable rest so that they may weaken and fade away.

They will never fade from your knowledge, rest assured. 
The act of forgiving does not ask that.

Finding in your heart that place of forgiveness means only that you make a deal with yourself and with your God to end the constant revisiting of that which might be inexcusable to your mind but can be left to God or Fate or the Universe to mete out a just response

That, my friend, is the true nature of forgiveness.

Good in theory.  Let's see if it works in practice.

Love to all,

Susan