
To Forgive -- or Not to Forgive
Why should we forgive? That is a reasonable question most normal people ask when we feel a wrong has been done to us. We have been deeply hurt and cannot forget. And we also want the wrong righted, say through some form of justice or compensation. And then we will be satisfied. Yes? A few years ago, while assisting in mediations of employer-employee disputes, I observed the following: in each case, the employee (accompanied by their attorney) would bitterly present the wrong