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Thu 19 Dec, 2002 12:18 pm
Forgive and your health won't forget
New research on forgiveness is spurring a shift in the medical treatment of patients.
By Jane Lampman | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
There's no getting around it -- forgiveness is good for you and holding a grudge is not. While many people believe that to forgive someone is to let that other guy off the hook, maybe undeservedly, evidence is mounting that it's the one who stops holding a grudge who finds a new lease on life -- and on health and well-being.
http://csmonitor.com/2002/1219/p11s01-stgn.html 
Do you feel better when you forgive and forget?
au1929- I have believed in forgiveness for years. Problem is, the forgiving something is confused by many people as condoning the action. No so. Forgiveness means just letting the issue go. That does NOT mean that you have to be best buddies with a person who did you harm. You don't even have to speak to him again.
What it means is that the issue no longer has an emotional effect on you. If the person passes by, you don't grit your teeth, and feel like cussing. Whatever caused you the pain, no longer has any importance in your life.
Looking at it the other way- If a person has harmed you, and you have not forgiven the act, that person has control over you and your life. When you forgive, you release that control.
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