Here now is my sixth slogan about forgiveness: “Forgiveness is about giving love. Yet, that love is centered on giving it to ourselves and not to the one who behaved badly.”
You, again, are confusing the essence of forgiveness, which is a free-will giving of goodness to the other person, and the consequence of what happens inside the forgiver. Yes, you can experience love toward the self (as a consequence) as you offer this to the other, seeing that person as possessing inherent worth and as someone who shares a common humanity with you. This consequence does not then become what forgiveness is in its essence.
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