What is the difference between forgiving and accepting a situation as it is?
When you forgive, you do not focus on situations but instead on those persons who were unfair to you. You can forgive a person and accept a person. Forgiveness, it seems to me, is a deeper response in that you are going beyond tolerance. When you accept, you are allowing the person to be who that person is, without condemnation. Forgiving goes well beyond tolerance of a person and includes kindness, respect, generosity, and even love toward that person. In other words, forgiving is a much deeper response than accepting.
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