Building Resilience with Appreciative InquiryÂ

Forgiveness is not a blank state.

It does not offer absolution.

It does not lighten the burden of past acts.

Do not think it is easy nor is it kind.

Rather,

It recognizes the power

of rising again,

from the ashes of fires we ourselves ignited,

of dowsing

the flamethrowers gripped by circumstance and evil.

It is a letting go and a holding close.

It abides in love and champions knowing.

And,

It walks with a steely and willful force.

Forgive me . . .

JMCB 2017

CHAPTER 5

Forgiveness:Rising Again

How do we put down the burden of nonforgiveness when carrying it seems so justified? There are so many experiences in organizations that seem unforgivable. People who are otherwise good betray others, become in one’s eyes untrustworthy or incompetent. In ...