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What would it take for you to extend an olive branch to someone who hurt you?

Posted - October 1, 2017

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  • 5808
         Had a local mechanic put in
    a rebuilt engine in my truck
    it fell apart within the first few months and 
    I had to get a new engine.
    HE refused to be responsible
    $3000.00 it cost me and it
    took a long time to save that much...
    then I had to spend another $3000.00
    for a new engine...no fun...
    no olive branch ever
    unless he became responsible
    and reimbursed me for his crappy engine.

      October 1, 2017 12:04 PM MDT
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  • 2465
    Maybe that's when you take them to court and make someone else make THEM responsible. 
      October 1, 2017 12:56 PM MDT
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  • 5808
    indeed
      October 3, 2017 7:37 AM MDT
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  • 44583
    They would have to extend the olive branch to ME. And I might set it afire.
      October 1, 2017 12:35 PM MDT
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  • 2465
    An unforgiving arsonist. 
      October 2, 2017 12:25 AM MDT
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  • 7789
    Nothing. The damage is done.
      October 1, 2017 12:37 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    At this point in my life, I'm an immovable object on that issue.  

      October 1, 2017 12:47 PM MDT
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  • Time and a noticeable personal change and sense of remorse.
      October 1, 2017 12:50 PM MDT
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  • 2465
    There's one thing about time – it's never guaranteed.    
      October 1, 2017 12:54 PM MDT
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  • It isn't with me either really.    I've done a lot of things I've been forgiven for and prolly shouldn't have been.
    I can hold an awful grudge as well.  I just try not to the best I can.
      October 1, 2017 1:03 PM MDT
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  • 2465
    You made a great assessment.  

    (An insult that sounds like a compliment). Wrong question, but it worked. 
      October 2, 2017 12:28 AM MDT
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  • 2465
    You've been forgiven when you shouldn't have been, yet YOU refuse to forgive?  Pretty telling of you. You could learn something from those with a bigger heart. 
      October 2, 2017 12:32 AM MDT
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  • 7126
    A wise person once said, "Sometimes people jump to conclusions at first glance. That's why it's always a good idea to reserve judgment until you give yourself a chance to get to know someone."
      October 2, 2017 1:14 AM MDT
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  • 2465
    I rarely listen to my own advice. 
      October 2, 2017 1:19 AM MDT
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  • 7126
    Lol.... I like your honesty. And can relate.  ;-)
      October 2, 2017 1:27 AM MDT
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  • 6124
    The problem with that, for me anyway is, once I really get to know someone, I generally don't like what I see!  ;-)

    As for Glis, he'll tell you outright he's an a$$hole.   Sadly, most people don't believe him when they should. lol.
      October 2, 2017 5:04 AM MDT
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  • 7126
    You two sound like a match made in hell.   ;-)
      October 2, 2017 5:07 AM MDT
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  • 6124
    LMFAO!  I recognize true love when I see it! :p   

    Thanks for calling me an a$$hole, you dipsh*t.   It means the world to me that you know me so well.
      October 3, 2017 6:31 PM MDT
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  • 2465
    That's funny. Thank you for the laugh. 
      October 3, 2017 10:57 AM MDT
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  • 22891
    probably a lot but i would do it anyways since its the right thing to do
      October 1, 2017 3:25 PM MDT
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  • 16732
    I'd eat all the olives off of it first ...
      October 1, 2017 5:48 PM MDT
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  • 2465
    That's the pitts!
      October 3, 2017 10:58 AM MDT
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  • 17583
    Why would I do that?
      October 1, 2017 7:47 PM MDT
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  • 2657
    Not as much as it would have in the past. Depending on the issue, it can be very hard. Also forgiveness doesn't mean trust. 


    (Matthew 6:12) and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
    (Matthew 18:21, 22) Then Peter came and said to him: “Lord, how many times is my brother to sin against me and am I to forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him: “I say to you, not up to seven times, but up to 77 times.
    (Colossians 3:13) Continue putting up with one another and forgiving one another freely even if anyone has a cause for complaint against another. Just as Jehovah freely forgave you, you must also do the same.
    (1 Peter 4:8) Above all things, have intense love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.

    (Proverbs 14:15) The naive person believes every word, But the shrewd one ponders each step.
    (Proverbs 27:12) The shrewd person sees the danger and conceals himself, But the inexperienced keep right on going and suffer the consequences.


    That being said, I often have to agree with the words of Glis above: "Time and a noticeable personal change and sense of remorse."
      October 2, 2017 12:00 PM MDT
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