forgive (v.)Old English forgiefan "give, grant, allow; remit (a debt), pardon (an offense)," also "give up" and "give in marriage" (past tense forgeaf, past participle forgifen); from for-, here probably "completely," + giefan "to give" (from PIE root *ghabh- "to give or receive").The sense of "to give up desire or power to punish" (late Old …
Tag: Forgiveness
Love and Betrayal
For we must be clear that to live or love only where one can trust, where there is security and containment, where one cannot be hurt or let down, where what is pledged in words is forever binding, means really to be out of harm’s way and so to be out of real life. And …
After Life
"It’s almost as if you have to spend your whole life disengaging from your life, disengaging from the supposed reality of your living. I think that’s what Spinoza and Socrates meant about life is the study of dying, that you leave these convictions of certitude about the whole business. I certainly feel lots of that now, …
First Grade
Because we live on opposite coasts, the time I spend with my family is precious. Perhaps as we get older and realize how quickly time is moving and how mistakes we've made stole some of that time away, it's even more desirable to be around those who share our past, helping to bring into focus …
Love and Mercy
There may not be a word used as frequently in our day that's so lacking in a precise definition as the word Depression. Literally, to depress is to press down, which we still recognize when a doctor uses a tongue depresser to see the back of our throat. But since the latter part of the …
Theoria 