What does it mean to forgive? Are there any limitations or boundaries of forgiving someone? What does forgiveness mean? Forgiveness is the virtuous action of setting aside the conflict and starting a clean slate, but is it not as easy as it seems? There are evidently some who believe that forgiveness is natural to mankind and come easy to the heart, while others believe that forgiving someone is unnatural because a person gets one chance. Forgiviness takes a lot out of a person because it isn’t always simple to start clean by sweeping away the disputes. While reading the book “IN THE COMPANY OF CHEERFUL LADIES” written by Alexander McCall Smith, I was surprised with Mma Ramotswe’s morality and virtuous behaviour. The goodness in her heart
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Forgiving someone has various definitions for every individual. For me forgiving is sweeping a problem under the rug until it resurfaces one day, for another forgiveness may mean erasing and accepting to avoid losing someone you love or care for, and for some forgetting the whole thing ever happened. As I stated above it can be a very difficult concept for some individuals, but the person asking to be forgiven can also impact the decision. There are many scenarios where its impossible to even ask the person across from you to forget; for example a murderer can not ask the victims family for forgiveness and have high expectations that they will accept. In another case, John, who stole Casey’s watch cannot ask her to accept his apology if it is clear that he does not mean it; his action and sincerity will impact Casey’s decisions. Even in circumstances where ones sincerity is present it cannot give resolution to the …show more content…
You cant expect to forgive someone unbelievable action because it is virtuous and the right thing to do. This is the contrast between Tara and Mma. Both see the importance of goodness and morality of behaviour, but in my opinion Tara is more realistic. In a world where we are surrounded by possibilities of getting hurt through physical, mental, and emotional pain it is unrealistic to be trusting and forgiving towards a man who has been deemed as guilty. Yes this doesn’t define him, but if you caught for plagiarism in university you get deemed as a plagiarizer for your whole life and it is this risk that makes you strive to create you own work. Plagiarizing doesn’t define me, but it defines my work ethics. His criminal record doesn’t define him but it does define his morality and the length he would go. This is why I believe that when faced with a situation like such 90% would choose to restrain themselves and choose to protect them selves rather than give a sincere man another chance because we are selfish and too afraid to get over a pre determined judgment placed by societal
Forgiving someone has various definitions for every individual. For me forgiving is sweeping a problem under the rug until it resurfaces one day, for another forgiveness may mean erasing and accepting to avoid losing someone you love or care for, and for some forgetting the whole thing ever happened. As I stated above it can be a very difficult concept for some individuals, but the person asking to be forgiven can also impact the decision. There are many scenarios where its impossible to even ask the person across from you to forget; for example a murderer can not ask the victims family for forgiveness and have high expectations that they will accept. In another case, John, who stole Casey’s watch cannot ask her to accept his apology if it is clear that he does not mean it; his action and sincerity will impact Casey’s decisions. Even in circumstances where ones sincerity is present it cannot give resolution to the …show more content…
You cant expect to forgive someone unbelievable action because it is virtuous and the right thing to do. This is the contrast between Tara and Mma. Both see the importance of goodness and morality of behaviour, but in my opinion Tara is more realistic. In a world where we are surrounded by possibilities of getting hurt through physical, mental, and emotional pain it is unrealistic to be trusting and forgiving towards a man who has been deemed as guilty. Yes this doesn’t define him, but if you caught for plagiarism in university you get deemed as a plagiarizer for your whole life and it is this risk that makes you strive to create you own work. Plagiarizing doesn’t define me, but it defines my work ethics. His criminal record doesn’t define him but it does define his morality and the length he would go. This is why I believe that when faced with a situation like such 90% would choose to restrain themselves and choose to protect them selves rather than give a sincere man another chance because we are selfish and too afraid to get over a pre determined judgment placed by societal