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Valarie Kaur: Forgiveness

Posted on October 4, 2022 by randomyriad

Originally posted on Vox Populi:
Forgiveness is not forgetting: Forgiveness is freedom from hate. Two days after nine black people were massacred by a white supremacist in a historic black church in Charleston in June 2015, their family members showed…

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“Legend,” a very short tale from Jorge Luis Borges

Posted on July 19, 2022 by randomyriad

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
“Legend” by Jorge Luis Borges Translated by Andrew Hurley Cain and Abel came upon each other after Abel’s death. They were walking through the desert, and they recognized each other from afar, since both men were…

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We Begin Again in Love

Posted on October 19, 2016 by randomyriad

Originally posted on Shannon E. Williams:
… forgiveness is not rational. One can seldom find a reason to forgive or be forgiven. Forgiveness is often undeserved. It may require a dimension of justice (penance, in traditional terms), but not always,…

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