Reply #120: Remember, people: forgiveness lifts your own burden of resentment

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Sure, there's bound to be some with long-standing gripes about seventhson's attitude towards Mr. Kerry and post content reflecting that attitude, but he's not asking you to forget about all that, just to forgive him.

Forgiving someone doesn't mean you trust them, or you like them, or you agree with them. It's an opportunity to relieve yourself of hostility, of the feeling that someone owes you payment on a debt, of the need to hold someone liable for not living up to your standards of behavior. Consider what your real complaints against seventhson are, and decide for yourself if your remaining lifespan is long enough to merit holding a grudge against him.

For that matter, I, too, doubted John Kerry's fidelity. I, too, thought this tabloid lie-fest would grow to become a genuine full-blown media lynching in June. I, too, gave greater credence to the allegation than was warranted. I was incorrect, I made a mistake. Please forgive me.