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with contributions from David Wolpe, Cathy Elcik, Sam Keen, Linda Frye Burnham

"We forgive in part because we need forgiveness. Every one of us has bruised another, has betrayed and ill-treated even those whom we love. Can any marriage, any friendship endure without constant forgiveness? ... We cannot have what we will not give....

"To forgive someone is to believe them to have been wrong, and to let go of the moral leverage that grants us over another. Forgiveness is renouncing the position of remaining superior. It is a leveling borne of letting go....

"Forgiveness does not always mean a renewal of the relationship as it was before. Sometimes a sin destroys, and the connection cannot be rebuilt. Forgiveness is not building something new, but letting the old wash away—the old anger....

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