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Cole ConnorJuly 16’th, 2012

Have you ever wondered…

What is forgiveness?

YES?! WELL,

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• There are 3 types of forgiveness.

1. DIRECT FORGIVENESS

DIRECTLY forgiving someone.

2. INDIRECT FORGIVENESS

An underst

ood forg

iveness

On Condition

• 3. Conditional Forgiveness

Forgiving, but with a condition or stipulation

Like making someone sleep on the couch maybe?

So WHO forgives or is faced with forgiveness?

EVERYONE!!!

At some point in everyone’s life, we are all faced with the choice of forgiving someone or something, but we all choose to forgive in a different way.

When forgiving someone or asking

for forgiveness it is ALL about how

you communicate with them.

Whether it is in writing or in

person, communication is key to

relaying the forgiveness to that

person.

So what have people disagreed on in the field of forgiveness in interpersonal relationships?

The biggest

criticism/disagreement

has to do with how

forgivable certain

transgressions are to

certain types of people.

• Personally, it is really interesting to

see how people forgive in different

situations and in different

relationships using the three different

types.

For example, in a study conducted by Andy Merolla, the results showed that indirect forgiveness was the most common followed by direct then conditional, but the interesting part was that conditional was the most common in dating relationships….

HMMM…

So yeah…

That was my PowerPoint. I hope you enjoyed it and didn’t fall asleep or get distracted. But if you did, I FORGIVE you.

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