in some way, at some time, we'll get to a point of forgiveness in our own timing, in our own way.

It's been a minute and we haven't had a one-on-one conversation, one that it, you know,

pulls on our growth and allows us to journey onward as individuals.

This one is a sticky, icky subject that many people don't like to have conversations about, because in all

understanding, everyone has their beliefs and sometimes people like to impose their beliefs

harshly on others who have not forgiven.

Hmm, let's sit with that.

Before I go into why forgiveness and timing is not congruent with some people,

I want us to look at the extremes and the unextream of forgiveness on a minimum and a maximum level.

Let's go there.

Say, for example, you have a friend or a family member that told a white lie now before the lie was

told trust was never a factor because they showed themselves to be believable trustworthy as humans

we become disappointed in the result of the lie.

And because it was a little white lie, the disappointment set, but it didn't settle in our hearts and in our minds.

It made us more mindful, maybe, about the way that we perceived with this person, but it was forgivable because it wasn't that bad.

That is the minimum of forgiveness.

Here's the maximum.

Someone that you loved very deeply was taken away from you in the act of violence.

And so you are left with the emptiness that someone caused you in congruence to pain.

Here's another maximum.

A person was taking advantage of in their younger years or in their older years where the trauma has settled. It sifted its way through the years, but it processes very differently in relationships and connections

with people. They never got an apology or an understanding of why they were violated, but they were left with the traumas and triggers to dwell in their heart and in their minds.

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