Yeah. So, I was watching a bit of Fox News the other day. Laura Ingram, I think. They’re not doing that. They’re pushing the notion that Democrats are gearing up to punish Republicans and how bad it’s going to be.

Stoking more fear and bigotry.

There is no sense in forgiving and extending an olive branch to someone who is unrepentant. You’re making a doormat of yourself and giving them permission to do it again. Why offer them something they haven’t even asked for?

That said, all this rage being thrown into the internet abyss is just giving them another stick to beat us with and another faux grievance to rally behind.

So, yes take time to heal and to take a breath. But we need to be careful what we put out there. Be the adult, not a kid throwing a tantrum like them, rage tweeting and posting like the Orange Buffoon.

There’s another aspect to the concept of forgiveness here that then comes into play. The kind where you forgive for you. To remove yourself from the active act of conflict so you can move on and do what you need to do without allowing them to continue to drag you down and distract you from your purpose.

You don’t forget. You don’t hand them blind trust. But you don’t close the door in the possibility of reconciliation either. You hope they come around. You give them time and space to do so. But you shake the dust from your feet.

That kind of forgiveness I agree should happen. I’m all for it. But it can’t be forced or coerced. We all need time to get there. No one gets to dictate that for someone else.

Then, as we get there, it’s time to get to work. If they want to be left behind, that’s on them, as are the consequences of that choice.