Nine Steps to Forgiveness(宽恕的九个步骤)
——Frederic Luskin, Ph.D.
1. Know exactly how you feel about what happened and be able to articulate what was not OK about the situation.Then, tell a couple of trusted people about your experience.
对于发生的事情,你非常明白自己的感受,而且能够清楚地表达事情到底哪儿不对,然后向你信任的人倾诉你的经历。
2. Make a commitment to yourself to do what you have to do to feel better.Forgiveness is for you and not for anyone else.No one else even has to know about your decision.
对自己做个承诺,去做让自己感觉更好的事情。宽恕是为了自己,而非他人。别人甚至无须了解你的决定。
3. Understand your goal.Forgiveness does not necessarily mean reconciliation with the person that upset you, or condoning their action. What you want is to find peace.Forgiveness can be defined as the “peace and understanding that come from 1) blaming the offender less, 2) taking the life experience less personally, and 3) changing your grievance story.”
了解你的目的。宽恕并不一定意味着要和让你不开心的人和好,或者纵容他们的行为。你需要的是寻求平安。我们可以把宽恕定义为“平安和理解”,这种平安和理解来自于:1)少去责备让你不开心的人; 2) 把发生的事情不要归咎于自己;3)改变看待悲催故事的角度。