Forgiveness

As far as Karma is concerned, you should try to forgive anyone who has wronged you and not hold hatred towards them.  The belief is that they will receive what is due in time for their behaviour and their actions, as well as the belief that you as an individual should not continue to harbour hate and resentment as this will attract tragedy to your life.

Now, I don't know if I can completely agree with these principles to live your life by.  Certainly I will agree that you should try and avoid harbouring hate and resentment as these emotions will eventually consume you and affect your decisions in life - I believe when bad things happen we should deal with them and try to move on as best we can.

However I can't agree with the idea that you should forgive people for anything wrong they do against you.  There are many things I would try to forgive, and I would like to think that I am a somewhat reasonable person and willing to try and understand most things, however for me personally there are things which I can not forgive - ever.  I don't believe this is an example of a short temper or impatience and I certainly don't believe it is a lack of giving others the benefit of the doubt or an opportunity to redeem themselves.

For me the simple fact is that for everyone there will be certain things they can't stand and there will be certain things they don't like talking about or don't like to do.  I think that anyone who continuously ignores this is being selfish and ultimately exerts an oppression over you.  I don't believe when people make the same mistake repeatedly after multiple warnings and reprieves that they should be forgiven perpetually.  There has to be a line you draw where you have enough and everything is lost, no amount of sympathy will be given and ultimately you must exert for yourself the demand for respect you deserve - if that means treating someone harshly or with a completely uncensored attitude then I believe it is justified.  Just as a Judge must be true to the law when passing judgement on an individual I think personal beliefs and behaviours sometimes need to take a back seat and you have to treat people with the level of disrespect their ignorance has earned.