A Seat of Forgiveness

The Ten Principles of Hurt & Forgiveness from Joseph's Life:

1. Hurt people, hurt people.

2. It's okay to have an emotional response to emotional hurt.

3. We decide in private how to respond in public.

4. Nothing good comes from fighting fire with fire.

5. Forgiveness often requires proximity.

6. Forgiveness can be one-sided.

7. If we avenge people for wrongdoings, we undermine the work of transformative grace.

8. Our pain often becomes our purpose.

9. Forgiveness takes time.

10. Forgiveness rewrites our story.