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🗓️ 4 November 2023
⏱️ 73 minutes
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0:00.0 | Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different. |
0:07.0 | We are on a mission to inspire, heal, and bring the world closer together. |
0:14.0 | Welcome to Commune. I'm Jeff Krasno, and today on the show, we'll explore forgiveness, arguably the most difficult of all the virtues. |
0:26.6 | And in today's episode, you'll be hearing curated clips from commune courses taught by Justin Michael |
0:33.7 | Williams and Scott Schwank. So to begin, what is forgiveness? Is it a gift that you give |
0:42.1 | someone else? Or is it really a gift that you give yourself? Can you forgive someone without |
0:48.1 | forsaking accountability? Is everyone, even those who commit the most odious crimes, deserve it of forgiveness. |
0:57.6 | What is the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation? |
1:02.1 | Does forgiveness start in the head and move slowly to the heart? |
1:08.1 | And ultimately, how do we do it? |
1:14.6 | How do we forgive? In a nutshell, |
1:22.3 | forgiveness is a process that helps us cope with the distress of being hurt by another person or by a system or even by ourselves. Our desire for justice and retribution can be overwhelming and we too |
1:32.5 | often hold an ember of resentment plotting for the right time to throw it. But of course, |
1:39.8 | all that time, we are the ones getting burnt. |
1:44.3 | Forgiveness helps us drop that ember. |
1:48.1 | When we're experiencing overwhelming emotions, |
1:51.3 | finding our way to forgiveness can often feel impossible. |
1:57.1 | But all the research tells us that forgiving is associated with a host of mental and physical health benefits. |
2:05.3 | We know it will release us and we know it will benefit the collective good. |
2:10.0 | So even when we aren't ready or able to forgive, we often have a small voice inside nudging us toward forgiveness. Mark Twain allegedly |
2:21.5 | wrote, forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. This episode |
2:30.1 | helps us be that violet. In this first lesson, Justin Michael Williams helps us define forgiveness |
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