There is beauty in forgiving others. This beauty can be obscured when forgiveness is limited to decisions or feelings.

When I began studying the psychology of forgiveness in 1985, my focus was on trying to define what forgiveness is and is not. I came to realize that to forgive is to strive to be good to those who are ...

How would you define forgiveness? Some psychologists say it is a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or anger toward someone who has hurt you, regardless of whether they ...

In 2004 Marina Canta­cuzino founded an organization called The Forgive­ness Project. It began with an exhibit called The F Word, created with photographer Brian Moody, which joined photos and stories ...

Ayana Mathis, author of “The Twelve Tribes of Hattie,” writes in The New York Times: “The transgressed and their transgressors carry with them the irreversible past, and so we arrive at the vexing ...

Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not writing, she can be found spending time with her family, or at her local boxing gym. July 25, 2022 Add as a preferred ...

Is there such a thing as too much mercy? What would I (had I been at the crossroads of decision) have done with a Nazi in a position of vulnerability? Is forgiveness always to be offered? Sometimes?

Here's how Emt describes growing up in Hebron, Connecticut: "All American childhood, most popular kid in my high school, great student." Standing 6-foot-5, Emt was a great prep athlete who earned an ...