Posts Tagged ‘forgiveness’

Family, Forgiveness & Peace

Written by john on May 29th, 2009
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I always had a hard time linking forgiveness and peace with my early family life. In fact, it was hard for me to understand what forgiveness itself was all about. I thought of it as a remote dream, a utopian feeling. There were many people I had struggled with, [...]

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Forgiveness and Recovery from Depression

Written by john on November 23rd, 2008
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Recently, Melinda wrote a post about the role of forgiveness in her recovery and the difficulty she has had in forgiving her unrepentant father for abusing her in childhood. Reading this made me aware that I wasn’t very clear in my own mind about the meaning of forgiveness. [...]

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Forgiveness & Recovery from Depression

Written by john on October 18th, 2008
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Recently, Melinda wrote a post about the role of forgiveness in her recovery and the difficulty she has had in forgiving her unrepentant father for abusing her in childhood. Reading this made me aware that I wasn’t very clear in my own mind about the meaning of [...]

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Searching for a Way Out of Depression

Written by john on April 7th, 2008
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In a previous post I started thinking aloud if my stance toward depression could change from hostility toward an invader to the acceptance of a primal force in my make-up, something that was giving me a message I was imperfectly grasping. I’ve found a remarkable book that helps me [...]

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