“Sometimes faith looks like myopia: I don’t see faults
so clearly as I used to...one of the most important gifts of spiritual faith is
forgiveness, and I have grudgingly tugged this gift open over many years, and
many hurts, until empathy for the other person has become almost a reflex. I
have also grown better at recognizing when I’m the one in need of forgiveness.
Most surprisingly, though, I have learned to forgive myself for most of my
disappointing character traits and iffier decisions.”—
Novelist-essayist
Anne Lamott, “Have a Little Faith,” AARP
Magazine, December 2014/January 2015
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