User:Hfrenz001/sandbox

Comments from Heather:
9/25- Good start, Hailie. First, narrow down what you want to improve on the page and say more about that. For example, I wonder about updating the "Recognition" section...all the things listed are several years old. Any recent accolades you can add? Are you using the Butte College library to find good sources? Please do.

Finally, this Sandbox also needs a work log with all the dates you worked on it and fo how long.

10/4- This looks great, Hailie. Keep it up!

Further /research
I wanted to add another heading under Concept of rehabilitative storytelling called themes.

The themes are all from the website and are sited with the bullets when finalizing I will either put them in quotes to quote them or use my own words but this is the general idea

Adding themes will provide people with more information about peoples forgiveness stories and there are categories based on everyones stories

Themes
Stories collected by The Forgiveness Project follow multiple themes that the Project states "provide a framework to these forgiveness stories, adding a dimension to the narrative of hate, hurt, and healing." These themes are feeling pain and anger, being curious, forgiving yourself, developing empathy, seeking revenge, transforming hate, and making meaning. The Forgiveness Project believes that analyzing the themes "shows that while forgiveness is not a linear process, and seldom a one-off event, nevertheless certain qualities and values feature in most of the stories."


 * feeling pain and anger

Anger can be self destructive--holding in feelings to reconcile with pain as well as enduring hate to others but anger can also be a good thing. It can be empowering; "reclaiming your voice or fighting for justice. Indeed, rage, sorrow and despair are part of the healing process, and may well become the launch pad for forgiveness."


 * being curious

curiosity is a crucial part of forgiveness and is antidote for hate. Curiosity opens up the door to imagination and allows you to be kept from the thought of having everyone else figured out. "To be prepared to forgive means moving from "why me?", to "why them?""


 * forgiving yourself 

It is very difficult to forgive others when you haven't had acceptance for your own faults. By putting an end to punishing yourself for things you have or haven't done is just one step closer to self-forgiveness. "It's about letting go of regret and self-pity, and becoming more aware of yourself without being overwhelmed by what you find. Forgiving yourself is an act of self-healing."


 * developing empathy

People who forgive have a boarder understanding of human behavior. By forgiving you are showing empathy; standing in someone else's shoes, and broadening your perspective on other peoples beliefs and ideas. "Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, author of Zero Degrees of Empathy, has described empathy as "a skill like any human skill", and lack of empathy "a disability" which isn’t permanent and which, if you get a chance to practice, can "get better"."


 * seeking revenge 

Forgiveness further allows us to improve our ability to transform the impulse to seek revenge and allows us to look for the bigger meaning in all of it. "Anger and bitterness towards those who have shamed or wronged you can lead to some people wanting to take revenge. However while thoughts of revenge and retaliation may initially bring relief, they can quickly become obsessive and ultimately deeply destructive. Repetitive revenge fantasies can actually increase someone’s torment and even turn the victim into the aggressor."


 * transforming hate

"Forgiveness in this sense is an act of surrender which may mean relinquishing your justified right to retaliate, giving up your moral indignation, or letting go of grievances, grudges and resentments." When you start recognizing a common humanity in all people you start to come out of your old identity of being the victim because something must be given up to stop holding on to the cycles of hat we all carry.


 * making meaning

The energy used to harbor resentment and cover up the feelings can be put elsewhere. People have found forgiveness and healing by finding a purpose and pursue the things that really matter to them. Instead of holding in all the suffering they turn it into something meaningful and puts purpose back into their lives.These stories are shared in hope that everyone will have a little forgiveness in there heart with any situation.

--- I put everything together and cited it this is going to be put right after concept of rehabilitating stories to kind of give examples of whats going to be found on there website by knowing the themes you can click on each one to go to that category and look at the different stories that people have shared with the world.