The essential ingredient in the art of forgiveness is the
willingness to forgive. If you sincerely desire to forgive the
other, you are fifty-one percent over the hurdle. I feel sure
you know that to forgive the other does not necessarily mean
that you like him or want to associate with him. You cannot be
compelled to like someone, neither can a government legislate
good will, love, peace, or tolerance. It is quite impossible to
like people because someone in Washington issues an edict to
that effect. We can, however, love people without liking them.
The Bible says, Love ye one another. This, anyone can do who
really wants to do it. Love means that you wish for the other
health, happiness, peace, joy, and all the blessings of life. There
is only one prerequisite, and that is sincerity. You are not being
magnanimous when you forgive, you are really being selfish,
because what you wish for the other, you are actually wishing for yourself. The reason is that you are thinking it and you are
feeling it As you think and feel, so are you. Could anything be
simpler than that?