The Teen Years
Navigating the bumpy journey
WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE TEEN YEARS that has parents – kid-wrestling veterans, by that stage – scratching their heads ...
THE ‘F’ WORD
Unpacking forgiveness in an age of rage
At the start of 2025 I realised that I had developed a fascination, in my 51 years as a journalist, for one subject perhaps above all others. It’s all about a word that starts with ‘F’. That word is forgiveness.
I have seen it play out in so many places around the world, and … well, it kind of intrigues me! Letting go of the pain of mistreatment, insult, serious injury, or even the murder of someone you love. It is a dilemma that has occupied humankind for the ages.
Easy phrases trip off the tongue … “forgive and forget” or, more commonly these days, “forgive them, but never forget what they did to you, lest you become a victim again.”
Issue 1, 2025
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