Forgiveness is a weird concept when you think about it. Actions have consequences; you can’t magically erase them. How can forgiveness mean something other than pretending a falsehood is true?
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One possible interpretation: sometimes we feel like “I don’t like what I’ve been doing, but there’s no point changing my behavior now. I already have the stain on my record. Everybody already sees me as bad. What’s the point?”
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If you ritually set your Sin Score back to zero once a year, you have an opportunity to feel like it’s worth trying again.
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That’s why things like offering support to ICE officers quitting their jobs is valuable. It is objectively better to have a job doing injustice for 9 years than for 10 years. But it sure doesn’t feel that way.
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Incremental improvement is so counterintuitive. It doesn’t feel like doing *slightly* better can possibly matter. I feel hopeless thinking about all my screw-ups.
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I used to be a straight-A student. I lived for perfect scores. I sure as hell don’t have a “4.0” at life now.
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Making no unforced errors, I think. Always behaving optimally given your state of knowledge and opportunities.
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