I have chosen to speak of ‘total’ forgiveness (if only because that is the expression my friend Josif Tson used with me), but this book is also about total forgiveness even when there is not a restoration of a relationship. One must totally forgive those who will not be reconciled. This therefore refers to what we do in our hearts. If there is no reconciliation, then there can still be total forgiveness. This therefore applies even to someone who must still totally forgive those who are not now alive. It must happen in the heart. If it happens there, peace emerges – with or without a complete
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