When we are betrayed, it is almost impossible to feel any kind of empathy for that person. Even if we really sit down and think about why a person betrays another, I relate it to a deep pain the betrayer feels, but sometimes the betrayer doesn’t admit it or even know it. I want the betrayer to know and be accountable for his/her own pain because knowing is half the battle to at least an apology or refraining from making the same mistakes.
After comforting a friend today after severe heartbreak, this is what I am thinking. Finding empathy is pretty tough. I have been working on it so it is easy for me, but I don’t believe that finding empathy is so easy for all offenses. That is maybe a part of the forgiveness that you may need to revisit later.
I do know that it’s helpful to repeat…