In a Dark Wood: Seeking Self-Forgiveness When We’ve Harmed Others

Though it may be a cliché to say ‘time heals all wounds,’ there is truth in these words. Kalen Emsley/Unsplash

Let’s say you have committed some terrible wrong that brought great harm to family members or friends.

Your drug abuse costs you the love of your daughter. Your malicious gossip in the office leads to an attempted suicide by the target of your slander. You’ve had too much to drink and slam head-on into a van carrying a family, crippling two of them for life. You lie to a judge and jury for your friend and then see the young woman he assaulted as she stumbles weeping in disbelief from the courtroom following his acquittal.