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Posted in Faith, Humanity, Internet, Morality, Religion, Technology, Time Wasting on May 12th, 2009
I was recently shown a full page advertisement in a magazine that almost had me choking on my coffee. It was for a £29.99 porcelain composition of two figures on either side of a children’s roundabout. One of the authorities quoted in the advertisement described the figures as the most moving statuettes created [...]
Posted in Existential, Faith, Humanity, Religion on Apr 12th, 2009
I wasn’t there and I didn’t do it. I hadn’t even been born at the time!
For a long time I always used to associate Easter with guilt. Although family would try to stuff you with chocolate, and church would try to tell you it was joyful with antiquated, mournful melodies, it is the [...]
Posted in Health, Psychology, Relationships, Society, Therapy on Jan 8th, 2008
Forgiveness is primarily a creative coping strategy to enable the individual to survive and improve in the face of difficult circumstances.
Posted in Health, Humanity, Law, Psychology, Relationships, Therapy on Jan 6th, 2008
Forgiveness is a conscious decision not to go on holding something against someone. It is a personal decision to let go.
On one level, forgiveness involves voluntary relinquishing a right to retaliate (a cognitive decision), subsequent to an injury. On another level, forgiveness involves some aspect of release or letting go over time (an [...]
Posted in Health, Humanity, Isolation, Psychology, Relationships, Therapy on Jan 4th, 2008
For a number of years the subject of forgiveness was neglected by the academic research community because it was felt that it was owned by the theological community. However, in recent years there has been a plethora of forgiveness studies by social scientists (see The Campaign for Forgiveness Research, for example) examining what perception [...]
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