Forgiveness 2

When I commented yesterday that from an eternal perspective there was nothing to forgive, what I meant was that looking at life through the lens of unconditional love the hurtful, destructive and negative actions we do are a part of our growing towards love. From a human perspective, the act of forgiveness is very important. In my case my father beat me and expressed his rage toward me as a child. As an adult I went through a lengthy and very important process of becoming aware of the impact of his anger on me and finally forgiveness, realizing that he did the best he could. On my last visit with him I felt only love and, from within that love, I realized that there was no need for forgiveness.