{"id":1397,"date":"2019-02-05T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/lincoln\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2019-02-04T11:33:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T16:33:27","slug":"trait-of-the-month-forgiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/lincoln\/trait-of-the-month-forgiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"Trait of the Month: Forgiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month Lincoln School is focusing on the hard character trait- <strong>Forgiveness.\u00a0 <\/strong>The act of forgiveness requires forgiveness for others, and sometimes you must forgive yourself. When you choose to forgive, the barriers are torn down, and the record is wiped clean. We teach our children to say, \u201cI am sorry,\u201d \u201cI was wrong,\u201d \u201cWill you please forgive me?\u201d The important phrase here being <em><strong>Will you please forgive me?<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0 <\/em>When we just say sorry we are carrying the conversation, we are dealing with our guilt and our need to say sorry. But, we are not inviting the other person to deal with their feelings; their hurt and their offering forgiveness.\u00a0\u00a0 Admitting that you were wrong is a very exposing thing to do \u2013 not easy \u2013 but once again if we are sincere in healing relationships we have to bear all and be open towards others.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8211;Mahatma Gandhi<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month Lincoln School is focusing on the hard character trait- Forgiveness.\u00a0 The act of forgiveness requires forgiveness for others, and sometimes you must forgive yourself. When you choose to forgive, the barriers are torn down, and the record is wiped clean. 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