Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we lov… - Fred Rogers

Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we aren’t perfect.

"A high school student wrote to ask, "What was the greatest event in American history?" I can't say. However, I suspect that like so many "great" events, it was something very simple and very quiet with little or no fanfare (such as someone forgiving someone else for a deep hurt that eventually changed the course of history). The really important "great" things are never center stage of life's dramas; they're always "in the wings". That's why it's so essential for us to be mindful of the humble and the deep rather than the flashy and the superficial."

There's a world of difference between insisting on someone's doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it.