On forgiveness. I have seen it written that the reason to forgive is to be kind to one's own life. That is my experience of it. I am.....

I've seen it written that the reason to forgive is to be kind to one's own life. That is my experience of it. I am not trying to interfere with your behavior or thoughts, ever. Just offering. And dr. King said and seemed to believe that the inclination he had to hate his persecutors was too great a burden for him to bear and I think he was correct. In my historical Faith tradition Christianity there is a prayer that I still pray in a modified form, and it includes the words forgive us our trespasses as we forgive the trespasses of others. But I don't say it or understand it that way. The way I understand it and say it to myself is, forgive us our errors as we forgive the errors of others. Because my deepest understanding of the human being is that from breath to breath we are unable to do other than our best. Our life may be riddled with errors but each moment we are doing the best we know. I have done some horrible things in my life and there is not one instance where in that instant I was not doing the best I know. I was in terrible error.