CRM 475: Personal Reflection Paper #3 Forgiveness
Write a brief paper about the possibility of forgiving someone for a situation that occurred in the past that you still feel some anger about today.
To guide your discussion, answer some of the questions below.
Keep in mind that you do not have to actually forgive this person. Just consider it. Also, you do not have to discuss the most difficult experience of your life history. Just an example where forgiveness might be relevant.
All papers should be double spaced and approximately 2–3 pages in length.
Post your final drafts on Blackboard.
Provide some background about the situation?
How have you coped with the situation so far?
How has your anger helped you cope? How has it interfered with your life?
Why might you make a decision to forgive?
What types of factors influenced the person to act the way he or she did?
If you decided to forgive this person, how would that be different than forgetting?
Excusing? Justifying?
What could you do to remove yourself from the victim role?
Think of one or two small ways that you might give something to the person who offended you?
How would forgiving help you to move forward with this situation?
