In response to your question about my question, here is how I understand forgiveness: When we forgive, we concentrate on letting the anger or disappointment drift away. In this way, the negative emotions no longer are affecting a person. What do you think?
I think you are tapping into some current writing about forgiveness that actually is a distortion of it. When we forgive, we do not concentrate on our emotions. Instead, we engage in a moral virtue of mercy toward a person who acted unjustly. In other words, the focus is on the other person, not on yourself. I think you are not making progress in forgiveness because you are not practicing forgiveness.
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