As you consider forgiving someone who has betrayed your trust, here are 8 principles to remember:
1. Forgiveness is a choice – It’s not a feeling or an attitude. Forgiving someone is a mental decision, a choice, that you have complete control over. You don’t have to wait until you “feel” like forgiving someone.
2. Forgiving doesn’t mean forgetting – You don’t have to forget the betrayal in order to forgive. You may never forget what happened, and those memories will creep in occasionally, but you can choose to forgive and move on.
3. Forgiveness doesn’t eliminate consequences – Some people are reticent to give forgiveness because somehow they think it lets the other person off-the-hook from what they did wrong. Not true. Consequences should still be enforced even if you grant forgiveness.
4. Forgiving doesn’t make you a weakling or a doormat – Forgiveness shows maturity and depth of character. If you allow repeated violations of your trust then you’re a doormat. But forgiving others while adhering to healthy boundaries is a sign of strength, not weakness.
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" If you allow repeated violations of your trust then you’re a doormat.".I have a 3 strikes rule,unless it's "No Show"Labor...Then it's 1 strike...Too many lives are effected by no shows....In my position,I'm seeing Drivers missing the times they are supposed to be at residence,it may be ok,IF,phone calls were made ahead of time to let our shipper know what was up...But,if the same issue reoccurs? There needs to be a limit...
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