Article September 22, 1997 Issue

Forgiveness and healing

Ruth P. Denison

Some years ago, I was on a trip that explored the sea journeys of the Apostle Paul. One afternoon a fellow passenger, named John Templeton, and I were the only ones sitting in the stern of the four-masted barque. Although his name was known worldwide in financial circles, I was just getting to know him. As we talked, he told me about the "Prize for Progress in Religion" that he gives each year through his Templeton Foundation.

In essence, he said that searching for laws of life is searching for spiritual rules. "'Love given, multiplies' is such a law, and happiness is always a byproduct," he said. Then he asked me this question: "What law of life do you know now that would have been a help to you had you known it twenty years ago?"

My answer: "Always forgive."

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