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minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷linkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 years agoJust FYI, you don’t have to forgive idiots.
minus-squareStoneykins [any]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoI had a better relationship with forgiveness when I started thinking about it being for my benefit. Being angry at or hating someone is hard, takes mental energy, and is stressful. Letting that go can be a huge relief. …and there is no reason to forgive someone if doing so would be self-destructive or potentially harmful to you in other ways.
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷linkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoI agree that anger takes energy, but I’m a fan of equanimity without the need for forgiveness.
minus-squareMonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIt is better to forgive and move on than continue to suffer under fools. that said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O9FFrLpinQ
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=3O9FFrLpinQ Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷linkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThere are plenty of healthy ways to move on without forgiving people.
Just FYI, you don’t have to forgive idiots.
I had a better relationship with forgiveness when I started thinking about it being for my benefit.
Being angry at or hating someone is hard, takes mental energy, and is stressful. Letting that go can be a huge relief.
…and there is no reason to forgive someone if doing so would be self-destructive or potentially harmful to you in other ways.
I agree that anger takes energy, but I’m a fan of equanimity without the need for forgiveness.
It is better to forgive and move on than continue to suffer under fools.
that said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O9FFrLpinQ
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=3O9FFrLpinQ
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
There are plenty of healthy ways to move on without forgiving people.