The other night I attended a seminar put on by Paths to Peace.

The topic? Forgiveness.

We watched a very interesting video.

The video talked about learning to forgive a person, but never forgetting the deed that needing forgiving.

After the movie, we had a group discussion.

Things got a bit heated and people were getting very into their own opinions.

Deep thought was spreading throughout the entire room..

Everyone had good points.

One lady talked about how there is ALWAYS room to forgive, no matter what the situation.

She also said that we do not necessarily have to forgive the situation, but if we forgive the person then everyone will feel better in the long run.

Another made the point that there is absolutely no point in holding anger towards someone.

Even if you hate a certain person, they don't feel that anger.

The only person it's hurting is yourself.

There was talk about how forgiving someone will just make that person feel like they can do it again...which can be true sometimes, but holding a grudge towards someone is not going to make anything better.

Also, some people were saying how forgiving someone is a form of weakness.

NOT AT ALL.

If someone forgives me for a wrong I've done upon them, I take it as a sincere gesture, not a form of weakness at all...

I look at forgiveness as only being positive,

I mean we ARE all human.

It's in our nature to make mistakes.