Forgiveness

Annette Below

Composition Rhetoric

— Erica George

Forgiveness means finding peace, releasing anger towards someone, and setting boundaries.

What Forgiveness Means to Me

• The first step in finding peace means you have to manage your feelings.
• Example on how you can find peace Praying and walking to clear your mind.
• Just because your move from the situation that doesn't mean you have to keep excusing the behavior.

Finding Peace

• You have to releasing resentment and anger toward someone.
• Speaking up for yourself when something has hurt you.
• Learning to forgive someone while not dismissing your feelings.

Releasing Anger toward someone

• Learning that your feelings matter as much as others.
• I ended a friendship after the same cycle keep happening.
• Forgiving a person does not mean you keep allowing them back into your life.

Setting Boundaries

• Finding peace in a situation has helped me continue to move forward.
• Letting go of anger toward someone does not erase the situation or the hurt that was caused.
• Setting boundaries has helped me protect my feelings.

Conclusion

Works Citied

Aitken, Jonathan. “Acts of Forgiveness.” The American Spectator, vol. 43, no. 1, Feb. 2010, pp. 62+. Gale Literature Resource Center, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A219076997/LitRC?u=lln_abpcc&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=29829465 

 Kim-Kiteishvili, Jungah. “The Madness of Forgiveness and Chang-rae Lee’s A Gesture Life.” Cultural Critique, no. 127, Spring 2025, pp. 112–37. Gale Literature Resource Center, https://go-gale-com.bpcc.idm.oclc.org/ps/retrieve.do?docId=GALE%7CA846626914&prodId=LitRC&userGroupName=lln_abpcc&inPS=true

“Studies Suggest Forgiveness Has Health Benefits.” Talk of the Nation, NPR, 2 Jan. 2008. Gale Literature Resource Center, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A172967914/LitRC?u=lln_abpcc&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=4e1838f5

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