Comments on: Peaceful Virtues http://www.adamspeace.com/blog/2008/02/04/peaceful-virtues/ Fear, more than anger, is the enemy to peace Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:49:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk http://www.adamspeace.com/blog/2008/02/04/peaceful-virtues/#comment-5011 Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:16:31 +0000 http://www.adamspeace.com/blog/2008/02/04/peaceful-virtues/#comment-5011 Thank you so much. You touched my heart. Thank you so much. You touched my heart.

]]> By: Al at 7P http://www.adamspeace.com/blog/2008/02/04/peaceful-virtues/#comment-5063 Al at 7P Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:49:04 +0000 http://www.adamspeace.com/blog/2008/02/04/peaceful-virtues/#comment-5063 This is a great post. The part about forgiveness and acceptance really stood out for me. To me, acceptance means that there is an allowance for shortcomings, while forgiveness is the actual act of pardoning a wrong. I can forgive a specific person who I feel is sincerely apologetic. I can also accept that an unapologetic person or a situation is wrong. I don’t forgive an unapologetic person, but I do accept them. This is a great post. The part about forgiveness and acceptance really stood out for me.

To me, acceptance means that there is an allowance for shortcomings, while forgiveness is the actual act of pardoning a wrong. I can forgive a specific person who I feel is sincerely apologetic. I can also accept that an unapologetic person or a situation is wrong. I don’t forgive an unapologetic person, but I do accept them.

]]> By: Vitor - The Fractal Forest http://www.adamspeace.com/blog/2008/02/04/peaceful-virtues/#comment-5128 Vitor - The Fractal Forest Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:21:06 +0000 http://www.adamspeace.com/blog/2008/02/04/peaceful-virtues/#comment-5128 Adam, I love your style, taking hard to grasp concepts down to a practical level where they can actually be applied. Keep it up! Vitor Adam,

I love your style, taking hard to grasp concepts down to a practical level where they can actually be applied. Keep it up!

Vitor

]]> By: Adam Alexander http://www.adamspeace.com/blog/2008/02/04/peaceful-virtues/#comment-5206 Adam Alexander Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:33:48 +0000 http://www.adamspeace.com/blog/2008/02/04/peaceful-virtues/#comment-5206 Jean, thank you for visiting. :) I can assure you, I meant every word I said. Al, I usually use your same definition of forgiveness when I'm talking to people off the street... I really wish that there was a way to say that you're forgiving an <em>idea</em> of someone, rather than forgiving that person directly, without explaining yourself repeatedly. Vitor, I definitely plan on keeping it up. I have a nice, lengthy post on honesty that I'm slightly more than halfway through writing. Depending on how the editing goes, it will appear either later today, or maybe tomorrow. (I'm hoping for today, because I've been posting very consistently for a little while now.) All three of you, thank you for commenting. Your input really helps me out. Jean, thank you for visiting. :) I can assure you, I meant every word I said.

Al, I usually use your same definition of forgiveness when I’m talking to people off the street… I really wish that there was a way to say that you’re forgiving an idea of someone, rather than forgiving that person directly, without explaining yourself repeatedly.

Vitor, I definitely plan on keeping it up. I have a nice, lengthy post on honesty that I’m slightly more than halfway through writing. Depending on how the editing goes, it will appear either later today, or maybe tomorrow. (I’m hoping for today, because I’ve been posting very consistently for a little while now.)

All three of you, thank you for commenting. Your input really helps me out.

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