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Originally Posted by lurkette
Look, her forgiveness seems to have made more of a difference for this kid than a stiff sentence would have. Does she have a right to be angry and demand justice? Absolutely. But sometimes justice doesn't always look the way we think it should. In a way, living with someone's forgiveness is a bigger burden than living with their righteous anger. Would demanding a stiffer sentence have made her feel better? Probably not. Would having him in prison for 25 years have made a difference in her life? Probably not. Good for her for finding a way to move past the anger and the hatred, and good for him for appreciating her compassion and being grateful for it.
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I'm thinking along those lines, and the rest of the posts that I've read here. I've come up with, I have to look at my beat up face every morning in the mirror when I wake up, and I have to see it every night before I go to bed. I am reminded of it EVERY DAY and in multiple hours throughout the day via all the reflections I noticed of myself in EVERYTHING from glass, televisions, mirrors, chrome, standing water, heck just even people staring at me because of the scars on my face...
a face makes the most important first impression of someone...
Will he still be haunted by this 5 years from now? 10 years? Will he tell this story to his kids?
I doubt it. He's happy to just be done with it and move on... I'd bet my last dollar on it.
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