tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post7737933123821909996..comments2024-03-18T13:18:15.743-07:00Comments on Joyce Wycoff: Inching into wonderland: Extreme ForgivenessJoyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-78267436992279099522021-12-12T13:20:07.139-08:002021-12-12T13:20:07.139-08:00Thanks, Mary. Forgiveness does take courage.Thanks, Mary. Forgiveness does take courage.Joyce Wycoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-29110796728291228592021-12-12T11:55:57.824-08:002021-12-12T11:55:57.824-08:00It's not necessary for both hearts to crack op...It's not necessary for both hearts to crack open. What if one is dead at the point of the other wanting or considering forgiveness? Forgiveness is an individual act of someone desiring freedom. To put conditions on it doesn't sound freeing to me.<br /><br />And... there is a sweetness to the other apologizing in the face of forgiveness. I had one such occasion to experience this. But, it&Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509434347353960250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-60628172434168400232021-12-11T20:09:48.227-08:002021-12-11T20:09:48.227-08:00I love these old blog posts which seem to resurfac...I love these old blog posts which seem to resurface at exactly the right time. May this season see a wave of forgiveness cross our country and the world around us.Joyce Wycoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-34228852263790033862012-11-03T14:59:50.325-07:002012-11-03T14:59:50.325-07:00Hello Joyce -- forgiveness sets me free. It releas...Hello Joyce -- forgiveness sets me free. It releases me from holding onto that which harms me. It releases me from the past.<br /><br />Whether or not 'the other' knows, or accepts is not relevant. What is relevant is that I let go.<br /><br />Beautiful ponderings my friend.<br /><br />Louise Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522775693728655487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-37588236917125833442012-11-03T12:42:35.555-07:002012-11-03T12:42:35.555-07:00Julie ... lovely. Isn't it interesting how wh...Julie ... lovely. Isn't it interesting how when we tell someone our truth, we can also recognize theirs ... and then let go. May this ending be the beginning of a deeper joy and love for yourself.Joyce Wycoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-49358017785218533992012-11-03T12:21:00.906-07:002012-11-03T12:21:00.906-07:00Forgiveness...such a huge topic....billions of wor...Forgiveness...such a huge topic....billions of words written about it. How to do it. Why we need to. What I know is that until we forgive others, it is very hard for us to forgive ourselves. For me, and I'm not talking about childhood instances, but for me, in almost every case where I need to forgive someone else, there is a flip side of my own participation in whatever happened to causejuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037465392747165349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-89596150094606966642012-10-30T16:57:55.375-07:002012-10-30T16:57:55.375-07:00How interesting that you, Louise, and I all wrote ...How interesting that you, Louise, and I all wrote on the same topic today.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-67655717100127388562012-10-30T16:40:48.756-07:002012-10-30T16:40:48.756-07:00Annie ... I think that's the wisest course ......Annie ... I think that's the wisest course ... maybe it's the difference between forgiveness, which can be one-way and reconciliation, which has to be two-way. Anyway, I'm glad you can let go of those things from the past ... you have such a lovely present.Joyce Wycoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-75639383150301500792012-10-30T16:38:56.754-07:002012-10-30T16:38:56.754-07:00I have found such freedom in forgiveness even when...I have found such freedom in forgiveness even when the other person who wronged me so harshly, physically and emotionally, has never owned up to their.part. I wish one day they realize the incredible pain they caused me, and continue to perpetuate, but forgiveness isnt for them, its for me. To no longer allow them to victimize me by those.past actions. Annie Tennysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117201323852969099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-90716549323620212222012-10-30T16:38:42.583-07:002012-10-30T16:38:42.583-07:00I have found such freedom in forgiveness even when...I have found such freedom in forgiveness even when the other person who wronged me so harshly, physically and emotionally, has never owned up to their.part. I wish one day they realize the incredible pain they caused me, and continue to perpetuate, but forgiveness isnt for them, its for me. To no longer allow them to victimize me by those.past actions. Annie Tennysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117201323852969099noreply@blogger.com