In a dysfunctional struggling society that is hard to do because everyone is struggling and many find little time to try to understand others when they cannot even understand themselves during their daily life.

Forgiveness is heavily based on understanding the other person, seeing our own self in that other person’s actions and life, and then with empathy reaching out and hugging the pain away.

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I have this thing going where I say to people when they tell me of some really foolish thing that they did, that I too have been foolish and I try to find something that I did that was similar to what they did or worse and I tell them about it, I tell them how I felt and that I understand their feelings and situation.

 

I am trying to use empathy and understanding to show them that I too have been a fool and I will be a fool again in the future. I want that person to know that he or she is not alone, and that I am no better, and that I know where they are coming from because of what I have done.

It is all about being so honest, truthful, real, caring and understanding that we can heal others by letting them know that we have been where they are, we have felt as they do, and we got over it like they will, but also letting them know that they need to forgive themselves because in the future they are going to make many more mistakes, just like we are, and we need to accept that we are not perfect and that mistakes are a part of life.

Let us help and heal one another’s troubled souls rather than judge one another from such a small amount of information that we have about each other.

All the best from

James M Sandbrook.
16th of December, 2018.