Essays on Forgiveness

As we journey through life we sometimes experience challenges and trials that are caused by other people. This is unavoidable. People hurt us for all kinds of reasons, on accident, for revenge, or sometimes they may hurt us without even realizing it. These trials can...

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” (Gandhi, 1958). To “forgive” is to love. This claim has been analyzed and studied throughout the years to reach some form of clarification. Forgiveness is meant to bring an increased overall satisfaction to...

In every relationship, there will be situations where one individual will do something that another regards as offensive or insensitive to their feelings. When this occurs, the response is predictable. For many individuals, revenge may be the most satisfying option when they have been hurt,...

Despite being faced with adverse conditions while growing up, humankind possesses resilience and the capacity to accept and forgive those responsible. In The Glass Castle (2005) by Jeannette Walls, Walls demonstrates a child’s ability to develop resilience in the face of trouble, early autonomy, and...

The mind of a child is malleable, like a hunk of clay. Many things throughout the development of a child can change the outcome of that individual. The amount of love that child receives, social interaction, the parenting style, and the environment he or she...

Large Scale Crime’s affect the World; the most common large scale crime is genocide. Genocide is to purposefully eliminate a society or ethnic group. One of the most talked about Genocides in history is The Holocaust, 6 million Jews suffered at the hands of the...

The theme of betrayal can be found at the heart of both Milton’s Paradise Lost and Ibsen’s A Doll’s House yet interestingly, the answer to whether these betrayals deserve to be forgiven has changed through time. Where Milton and Ibsen’s contemporary audiences have been shown...

In the book, Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton, many character seek forgiveness. Absolom, Gertrude, and Arthur Jarvis all divert away from what they were taught. This is ultimately how they ask for redemption. Absolom grew up in the valley with a parson as...

During my youth, I constantly found myself arguing with my twin sister, whether it be over a simple game that one of us lost or because of us stealing one another’s belongings. Often times as a way to get back at me my sister would...

Kaboom! That was the first sound of war in Holland for the Ten Boom family. At times of war, we think of the people declaring it as the worst people in the entire world, even if there have been more evil things done to other...

I saw Joseph at 2:45 pm on July 16th, 2015 at Sight and Sound theatres in Strasburg, Pennsylvania. The show is about a young man named Joseph, who has to learn the secret of forgiveness. This play follows the bible story of Joseph, which takes...

Forgiveness has not been mentioned in our study of Vedic religion. However, there can be many ways of forgiveness that are interpreted in the Vedic religions. Compassion has been mentioned in the religion of Buddhism. A Buddha can appear to be narcissistic and self-righteous, but...

If tragedy strikes is a normal answer ask, where is God in this? Perhaps the most common tragedy in life is the experience of disgust of hearts when they are in conflict. But as we have learned through the resurrection of pain, conflict is also...

Forgiving is not an easy task to do. On the contrary, when we feel someone has caused us a lot of harm, we usually think that person is not worthy of being forgiven. However, forgiveness does not only have to do with the other person,...

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” We all need forgiveness, and we all need to give forgiveness. Forgiveness can transfer anger and hostility into peace and healing. Forgiveness can help people overcome feeling of depression...

It is a violent world we live in, but Mark Sakamoto’s Forgiveness: “A Gift From My Grandparents” reminds one that things do change. Through the result of colonial exploitation of the Japanese-Canadian and Canadian POWs in the Second World War, this story helps shape the...

In the article, In the wake of transgressions: Examining forgiveness communication in personal relationships, styles of forgiveness communication are examined in association with determinants of forgiveness. Research is done examining how forgiveness is communicated, the type of forgiveness style, and the association of overall relational...