You’ll have to forgive me, this post isn’t really very good.  You see, I so much want to participate in this month’s 1000 Voices Speak for compassion, which is about forgiveness this month, but I can’t narrow the topic down enough to make a normal sized book, let alone a blog post.

At first I wanted to start from the view point of religion, even though I make it a point to never discuss religion on my blog.  You see, I once read that while some religions say God can forgive all sins, others say God can only forgive those transgressions against God’s own laws, that if we hurt somebody it lays heavy on our soul until we get the person who we hurt’s forgiveness.  That’s a great angle.  I mean, we can all prostrate ourselves in front of an infinitely powerful being, but can we for our neighbor?  Our friend?  Our enemy?  This also gives the victim a lot of power. Continue reading →