Background information about the author(2) 史麦迪博士(Dr.Lewis Smedes)是 位神学教授，他在《饶恕与忘记》 (Forgive and Forget)一书中入木三 分地写道：「报复永远无法把恩怨扯平，因 为彼此为敌的人，根本不可能用相同的计算 方法来衡量过失。唯一的办法就是饶恕，只 有饶恕才能斩断盘桓在你脑海中的不平之痛。 11
11 史麦迪博士（Dr. Lewis Smedes）是 位 神 学 教 授 ， 他 在 《 饶 恕 与 忘 记 》 （Forgive and Forget）一书中入木三 分地写道：「报复永远无法把恩怨扯平，因 为彼此为敌的人，根本不可能用相同的计算 方法来衡量过失。唯一的办法就是饶恕，只 有饶恕才能斩断盘桓在你脑海中的不平之痛。 Background information about the author (2)
Background information about the author(3) 史麦迪说，宽恕并不是把事情都忘掉，不 是找借口加以开脱，也不是轻描淡写不了了 之。其实，饶恕是打破冤冤相报的循环，从 而走出过去倍感冤屈的阴影，创造新的公平 观。对爱而言，宽恕是最难和最冒险的。宽 恕是伴著上帝饶恕之心的节拍起舞；宽恕是 在爱的风口浪尖驰骋；宽恕是把自由还给囚 徒，接著，你会发现那囚徒原来就是自己。 12
12 史麦迪说，宽恕并不是把事情都忘掉，不 是找借口加以开脱，也不是轻描淡写不了了 之。其实，饶恕是打破冤冤相报的循环，从 而走出过去倍感冤屈的阴影，创造新的公平 观。对爱而言，宽恕是最难和最冒险的。宽 恕是伴著上帝饶恕之心的节拍起舞；宽恕是 在爱的风口浪尖驰骋；宽恕是把自由还给囚 徒，接著，你会发现那囚徒原来就是自己。 Background information about the author (3)
Quotes from Lewis B.Smedes Forgiving does not erase the bitter past.A healed memory is not a deleted memory.Instead,forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember.We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future. 13
13 Quotes from Lewis B. Smedes ◼ Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future
It takes one person to forgive,it takes two people to be reunited. To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. 14
14 ◼ It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited. ◼ To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you
When we forgive evil we do not excuse it,we do not tolerate it,we do not smother it.We look the evil full in the face,call it what it is,let its horror shock and stun and enrage us,and only then do we forgive it. 15
15 ◼ When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it