The Book of Forgiving: A Four-Step Guide to Healing Ourselves and Our World

flowermade: In the process of reading so far has good advice.

United States on Oct 25, 2023

Richard Nambaale: We should all learn to forgive but if you really want to understand what true forgiveness is, you have to start with yourself because you can not forgive others if you can not accept that you yourself self have some foibles and weaknesses that you need to deal with before you can actually understand that others too are the same as yourself. You can not be irreconcilable or reconciling if you can don't admit you make mistakes

The most person that we need to forgive is yourself. Why? Because regardless of what has happened; regardless of who was in the wrong; regardless of who started it or ended it or played part in it -- your response to it is far more important to it than the root cause of it. Why? Because you can choose to follow the path of the antichrist, that is the devil, or the path of God. Fire doesn't extinguish by pouring more fuel to it, it just gets more engulfed into flames. The side and decisions you make as your ultimate response will either be of God or of the antichrist.

If your wife goes and screws with another man and she comes back home and you find out. You obviously feel betrayed and angered. You go out filled with rage yo the nearest pub and...

United Kingdom on Oct 02, 2023

stacey: I’m so glad I got this book! Many things have happened in my life have been very difficult for me to deal with and get over. I knew I had to forgive, I just didn’t know how to do it prayer helped, but it’s still going to go away. This, but this book gives you very specific and profound advice that helping me to finally find peace.

United States on Sep 15, 2023

lisa: Really enjoyed reading this! Really puts things in perspective.

United States on Aug 11, 2023

AnnH: Loved this book 5*

United Kingdom on Aug 07, 2023

Dr. EB: Heart wrenching in parts to read what people can do against each other. The heart warming parts of the power of forgiveness to transform and ease both hurt and pain.

United States on Jun 18, 2023

C Rogers: The need for forgiveness lies at the heart of the human condition. Who better to explain the systematic process of it than Tutu, who chaired the Truth and reconciliation commission in South Africa after the fall of apartheid, together with his daughter.

United Kingdom on Feb 21, 2023

Daniel O.: It's a book that everyone can gain from reading, and I recommend you do so.

Wonderfully written, and thought provoking. And also providing the introspection we all need from time to time.

United Kingdom on Dec 23, 2022

GBS CANE: Desmond and Mpho Tutu speak from their own experience and that of others of the absolute necessity of forgiveness. They offer a clear way forward of how to forgive others and how to receive forgiveness. This book is accessible to people from all religious backgrounds or none and is absolutely unyielding in its affirmation that forgiveness is essential to personal and societal healing and peace.

Canada on Mar 17, 2022

Jeet: Forgiveness is a difficult trait for me to master. I find myself holding grudges towards someone making a snide comment or looking at me funny. There are also moments where I feel that a person has wronged me in more serious ways, and those grudges are even harder to free myself of. These emotions have done me no favors, and I would do well to let them go. But that is much easier said than done. In this book, Desmond Tutu and his daughter Mpho instruct how to forgive and how to be forgiven.

I know that I will refer back to this book when I find myself in dark times. With clarity and powerful anecdotes, the authors delineate what you must do in order to forgive someone in a way that makes sense and is easy to implement. There are tangible steps that one can take to forgive, and the authors lay out those steps in a way that is grounded and understandable. I would not call this book religious at all, but it does have moments of spirituality. These include poems and mindfulness exercises that people can use to help them forgive. None of these resonated with me, but others might find them useful. The core content of this book, though, is down to earth and never once do the...

United States on Jan 23, 2020