By Arash Emamzadeh — 2019
Psychology of compassion is discussed (part 2)
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At a weekend workshop I led, one of the participants, Marian, shared her story about the shame and guilt that had tortured her.
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According to the dictionary, to forgive is to stop feeling angry or resentful toward yourself or others for some perceived offense, flaw, or mistake. Keeping that definition in mind, forgiveness becomes a form of compassion.
If we can process our regrets with tenderness and compassion, we can use these hard memories as a part of our wisdom bank.
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There are certain traits that kind people have, and they may not even realize it. Since they are naturally kind-hearted, behaving in the way that they do comes easily to them.
These four avenues can lead you toward self-forgiveness.