“Be quick to forgive, because we’re all walking wounded.” ~Anonymous
People often behave in ways that we find irritating, annoying, or worse. This can happen especially with people close to us.
They can speak with little consideration for the impact of their words. They can criticize us and pounce on our mistakes. Sometimes they do unfair things that seriously disadvantage or damage us. Or they let us down when we're counting on them.
All these behaviors can lead to us feeling wounded. The scars can persist for years or even decades. The closer the offenders are to us, the greater the impact tends to be.
Most of us would like others to understand us, to act reliably, and to be approachable when things go wrong. We'd like them to be kind in dealing with our mistakes or offences. We'd like them to understand that we aren't set in stone, that we aren’t just the sum total of our mistakes.
We deserve a chance to recover and show our better side. We'd like them to be more understanding and put a more favorable interpretation on what we did or failed to do.
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