tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post2396933124308773358..comments2023-06-25T19:20:33.502+10:00Comments on Upside Down Under: Some thoughts on forgiveness and the deliciousness of unforgivenessBenjamin Adyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-74432737710055054262014-08-28T04:45:10.062+10:002014-08-28T04:45:10.062+10:00I agree with the culling. I've done the same t...I agree with the culling. I've done the same thing. Now, I don't know what kind of message your dear Mum learned about forgiveness. Honestly, I think it is more about the individual, and what forgiveness does to the individual. Although, I have family members that I don't know if I'll ever forgive, but I do know I want to stop my seething anger. I want to distance myself from them to the point that mention of them no longer digs at me. I don't know if I'll ever fully be able to do that though. I just know I do my best to let them go and see them as human and flawed as I am.<br /><br />On a side note, I didn't realize you lost your mother so close to me loosing my father, nor did I realize how much the loss of your mother and the starting of our friendship coincided. Loosing a one so dear sucks. brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12252293767943598801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-49720037886474912152014-08-27T21:48:43.587+10:002014-08-27T21:48:43.587+10:00You're lovely MoopsterYou're lovely MoopsterBenjamin Adyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-48065147788518987682014-08-27T21:44:39.245+10:002014-08-27T21:44:39.245+10:00I agree with this Benjamin. I think it is importan...I agree with this Benjamin. I think it is important to note that what you were taught about forgiveness was neither healthy nor Christian. I think it sad that your mom, an earnest, kindly woman, was so mis-taught as to comply with this awful, awful belief. I am heartened that, during her last year of life, she was able to strongly overcome that toxic paradigm, no small feat.Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057559601219863112noreply@blogger.com