#433 The Agency to Not Forgive

Sometimes, even when we have apologized, even when we’ve changed our behavior and truly repented and cleaned up our love, the other person will not forgive us. And that’s hard. And that’s their agency. We have no idea what their journey entails, why this is such a struggle for them, what has happened in their life to make forgiving us difficult for them, and that’s okay. It’s not ours to understand. What is ours is learning how to love cleanly and without expectation and to honor their agency to work through this in their way and in their time.

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Thanks for listening!  Want to learn more about this concept?  Check out these podcasts:

#33 Forgiving Yourself on Apple on Spotify

#49 Fixing Yourself on Apple on Spotify

#63 Rejection and Approval on Apple on Spotify

#77 Other People’s Opinions on Apple on Spotify

#92 Clean Love on Apple on Spotify

#94 The Right Path on Apple on Spotify

#99 Parenting Adult Children on Apple on Spotify

#165 I Would Never Act That Way on Apple on Spotify

#174 Better Boundaries on Apple on Spotify

#202 Pain, Peace, and Parenting Disengaged Adult Children on Apple on Spotify

#203 Cleaning Up Your Apology on Apple on Spotify

#217 Self-Respect and Being Wrong on Apple on Spotify

#231 Other People’s Opinions on Apple on Spotify

#237 You’ll Never Be Enough For Your Children on Apple on Spotify

#242 Circling Back Around on Apple on Spotify

#257 Other People’s Agency on Apple on Spotify

#299 Love Is Not a Reward on Apple on Spotify

#351 Grace, Shame, and Letting Yourself Off the Hook on Apple on Spotify

#385 Self-Forgiveness on Apple on Spotify

#390 You Can’t Fill Their Bucket on Apple on Spotify

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