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Originally Posted by Angela  You can have access to forgiveness if you recognize that each person is doing the best they can with the resources they've got available in that moment |
You know, this is
exactly one of the suggestions set forward by Dr. Albert Ellis, the creator of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. He advocated unconditional acceptance of yourself and others - on that basis that everyone is doing their best with the knowledge and resources avaiable to them.
One exercise I've seen for doing this is reading a newspaper or watching the news on TV without judging ANY of the people involved in the stories. VERY hard to do - I've tried it. And failed. It's fine when it comes to someone who just robbed a bank. But how about a child molester or terrorist who helped kill thousands of people?
Sorry for being way offtopic, by the way
