Forgiveness can be a very profound process and for those who have struggled with forgiveness and have succeeded it can be very transforming. Whether we have dealt with a betrayal, infidelity, the death of a loved one, or an abuse of any kind, we can all learn from one another's story and inspire each other through our own experiences with forgiveness.

I invite you to share your story, your struggles and difficulties and what forgiveness has taught you to help others along the way. With your permission I would like to share your stories with those who visit this website and blog, to become a community which supports one another as we all travel down the road of forgiveness. Feel free to use different names for people whose identities you wish to protect including your own, but please keep the stories factual.

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Forgiveness Stories That Inspire

Julie Chimes

In 1986 Julie Chimes agreed to let an emotionally distressed acquaintance wait in her cottage, which was occasionally used as a waiting room for her partner's busy General Medical Practice. The woman had been taken off a train for behaving in a strange manner and after a bizarre chain of events was eventually brought by police unexpectedly early to the public waiting room of Julie's Doctor boyfriend. After receiving an initial assessment she asked if she could wait in the comfort of the cottage, until the Doctor could give her his full attention. No one, not even the woman's psychiatrist or family knew that she had recently taken herself off all medication for paranoid schizophrenia. Within minutes of her arrival, she helped herself to a carving knife and set about her mission of saving the world in the name of Jesus.
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Blue Nile Forgiveness Story
Rasha Elfangry

Sheikh Hummaidah lives in La-yoonah village, some 3 kilometres from Geissan in Blue Nile State. His son was killed in a conflict (2 herders quarrel over animal) between the tribe of Arab herders he belonged to and the Ingasana – a Blue Nile tribe of non-Arab origin. Considering it an insult to their dignity, his tribe rejected an offer of diyyah (blood money) from the Ingasana and insisted on taking revenge.
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Tibetan school hosts talk on "Freedom Through Forgiveness"
Dr. Eileen R. Borris

It was a momentous day for the Tibetan Children's Village School in Dharamsala as it hosted a talk entitled, "Freedom Through Forgiveness," by the man who His Holiness the Dalai Lama considers "not only his friend but also his hero." It was also a very memorable occasion for all that a man left totally blind by another person shared a common dais in an exemplary spirit of forgiveness and reconciliation.
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Faith Helps Ex-con turn his Life Around
Paul Craig
January, 2009

"True prosperity is the means to use God's ability and power to meet the needs of mankind, regardless of what those needs may be." How do we learn to live a good life? Who teaches us? Where did they learn? How do we believe in these teachings? What if we stray or fail? What can I truly have faith in? These are questions that I, like so many others, have asked myself and struggled with. Some of us struggle more than others. I thought I knew the ways of the world, and not only had the answers I needed but could pass those answers along to my children. I was so wrong. "To teach, we must be teachable." I was not.
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Forgiveness is a Very Powerful Force
Tuesday, 16 December 2008 | News From Indian Country
Food & Health
By Dr. Arne Vainio

It was beginning to snow harder. The snow was falling between the tall pines and was clumping into huge flakes that landed on the painted gray metal coffin, then melted and ran like tears into the open grave. The fake grass over the mound of dirt stood out, brilliant green against the pure white snow.
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Forgiveness and the Rwandan Genocide
Jean de Dieu Mihigo
December, 19, 2008

Early in the morning of October of 1997 I saw a contingent of soldiers on a nearby hill. They were rebel soldiers and they were descending near where we lived. The regular army was shooting at the rebel army. The shooting intensified and we had to hide again. I went out to find a safe way for my mother and the others who stayed behind. The battle became worse. I couldn't make it back to the house and my mother and the others had to lock themselves inside. I had hid myself in a banana grove. After about 30 minutes the battle calmed down and within an hour all the soldiers had left.
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