Forgiveness and compassion

Forgiveness is a choice

• Yes

• No

Forgiveness excuses another persons bad actions

• Yes

• No

When someone says 'I'm sorry' should you accept their apology

• Yes - but it doesn't mean that the hurt will dissapear immediately

• No - I am still hurt

Forgiveness means forgetting about what someone did to hurt me

• Yes

• No

If someone hurt me a lot, it is OK to make them suffer a bit before I forgive them

• Yes

• No

Forgiveness depends on the promise that someone won't do the same wrong thing again

• Yes

• No

When someone forgives me, I may still have to receive consequences for what I did. (if I break the windown when mom told me not to kick the ball there - she might tell me that I need to help pay to have it fixed)

• Yes

• No

I need to feel like forgiving before I can really forgive

• Yes

• No

Forgiveness means that I won't carry on talking to others about what you did

• Yes

• No

If someone hurt me a lot, it’s OK to make them suffer a little before I forgive them.

• True

• False