How Can I Forgive You?
by Janis Abrahms Spring
Four responses to injury: cheap forgiveness, refusing to forgive, acceptance (when the offender will not earn it) and genuine forgiveness (earned through the offender's work). The acceptance option is the book's contribution, freeing people from forgiving the unrepentant.
Read it if…
you have been told to forgive and cannot.
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Skip it if…
you want religious forgiveness teaching; this is clinical.
Try instead: Women Who Love Too Much →
Three things you will actually use
- Forgiveness is earned; acceptance is yours alone.
- Cheap forgiveness costs you.
- You can heal without the other's cooperation.
Do this first
Read the chapter on acceptance.
Our verdict
Acceptance when forgiveness is not earned.
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