How to Forgive When You Can't Forget

by Charles Klein

Book Overview

It's hard to say "I'm sorry." But it's even harder to forgive someone who has hurt you deeply. This book, written by a rabbi, teaches us how to shift our perception-moving beyond the pain and mistrust... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425160041
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Berkley Trade
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.4" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

A must read!

If you have a hard time with letting go of your anger, this is for you.

Has some excellent points to ponder

The following is quoted from the book..."Before there can be universal peace founded upon respect and appreciation of different ways...we will first have to inspire people to seek reunion with family members and friends. For as long as people willingly accept the brokenness of precious relationships, there can be no hope for a worldwide day of healing and peace." This book alone will not provide all the answers (no book can) except for the Old/New Testaments. I would encourage anyone dealing with complicated relationships/situations to seek out any avenue of help...counseling, friends, extended family, etc. Another good book for reading is "Irregular People," by Joyce Landorf Heatherley.

Sensible, thoughtful, and helpful

I had the chance to happen upon this book in an alternative bookstore while I was on vacation. I ended up curling up in a chair and reading the thing from cover to cover. From there I set about making contact with everyone I had "excommunicated" from my life for various reasons: friends, family, etc. All of the people I reached out to were so grateful to hear from me and it feels great to have put down the burden and made friends with people I care about. Two weeks after I made peace with my parents, my stepfather passed away. The knowledge that he knew I had forgiven him was of great comfort as I grieved, and it helped my mother and me become closer too.As a result, I just bought three copies of this book to give to family members struggling with this issue. I highly recommend it. It changed my life, for the better.

A reminder that relationships are not expendable!

I bought this book at a time when both my husband and I had a lot of forgiving to do, of each other, of my father, of others in our lives. This little volume by Charles Klein sums up nicely the importance of forgiveness in relationships, for both the one who seeks forgiveness and the one who forgives. The best lessons in this book are, in my mind, 1. Love looks forward; 2. Never let pride get in the way of asking for or giving forgiveness, and 3. That relationships are not to be easily thrown away when they are broken, or when the people in our relationships fail to "serve" us. After reading this, I am all for the idea of a National Reconcilation Day, when people take time to forgive, ask for forgiveness, and make fresh starts in their relationships. The idea may sound easy and trite, but one cannot accomplish the hard work of repairing broken relationships without saying "I'm sorry" or "I forgive you." Thank you, Rabbi Klein, for reminding us of the importance of those simple sentences!

One of the most powerful little volumes I have ever read.

The door to my heart has been closed for such a long time and I desparately wanted to open it. Finally, I can open the door from the inside.