Here is my third slogan about forgiveness: “When I forgive, I give up the expectation that the other person will change and, instead, focus on my own healing.”
This, as was the case with your first and second slogans, is incorrect. All moral virtues concern goodness, and this is also the case with forgiveness, where the focus is on the one who behaved badly. You try, with effort and time, to see the inherent worth in that person. A consequence of this—-a consequence, not what forgiveness is—–involves emotional healing within the forgiver. The slogan confuses what forgiveness is and the consequences of it.
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