Forgive And Forget And Other Myths Of Forgiveness

True forgiveness doesn't mean releasing your angry feelings and pretending the harm never happened.

The woman sitting in my office seethed with a growing anger. I could see her pulse quicken and her face redden with rage. The father who had sexually abused her when she was a child had called recently, after years of neglect, to invite her to dinner. Finally her anger erupted: "How dare he walk into my life and expect me to receive him back with open