The Psychology of Forgiveness

The most basic kind of forgiveness is the one we've been discussing which is where you wrong me i will communicate blame and ideally you then come to share my perspective on the matter. There are other kinds of forgiveness unconditional forgiveness they're sometimes called gifted forgiveness. One form of this is a practice whereby in the background if not in the forgive of psychology there is a kind of hope or a purpose for remorseful shared understanding in the future. The thought is that in forgiving you upfront you're somewhat startled by the fact that i've given you this giftwhich normally you have to as it were pay for ahead of time by apology but i've just given you this forgiveness for free.