Forgiveness

In our first article on Loving Relationships: Labors of Love, we asked the question: What feels loving to you?  We often don’t even realize that the answer is not the same for everyone.  Then we wonder why our efforts to make others feel loved don’t always have the desired effect! An experiment where each person [...]

When we hear the words “loving relationships” we tend to think of relationships between two people who are intimately involved on a romantic level.  We often forget that loving relationships also include the relationships between families, siblings, parents and children, friends, etc. Why is that? Could it be that we only associate the joy and [...]

In the past few weeks of discussing the topic of Forgiveness – and especially for those focusing on this time of year in the Jewish calendar which is all about forgiveness – the following question has come up quite a few times: “If forgiveness means that I don’t have to wait for the other person [...]

We’ve focused so far on the challenge of forgiving others who have hurt or wronged us, and why not forgiving someone only serves to keep us stuck in place – suffering, feeling resentment that can never be satisfied, and even risking our health in the process. Well, what if I told you there is an [...]