Forgiveness

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Hi everyone,

Just wanted to write to about a pretty interesting experience I

had yesterday. There's this guy that I'm kind of not on good terms

with. I don't really know him but the first time I met him he

spoke to me in a way that was very offensive to me. At the time I

was really heated and every time I saw him around campus after that

incident I'd get angry at the sight of him. Earlier on in the day

before I went to soccer practice I saw him and got angrier then

ever. There were some pretty terrible thoughts running through my

head actually and it disturbed me. I thought about what Chris said

and just being able to forgive which I believe really helped and I

thought it through and was able to genuinely forgive him. Before I

went to bed I had to print out something for my class the following

day and he happened to be on the elevator going to print something

aswell. I saw him and was no longer angry and he was

really nice actually and even asked me my name and shook my hand.

When we both went our separate ways I was definitely flabbergasted.

I know that this is a trivial example of being able to forgive but

I feel that being able to forgive led me to truly see that he's

okay whether or not he was trying to be obnoxious when I first met

him.

~Yasha