The Fourfold Path Summary
- Nothing is unforgivable.
- There is no one who is beyond redemption, and to deem someone a monster is to take away that person’s accountability for his or her actions.
- We always have a choice whether to walk the Revenge Cycle or the Forgiveness Cycle.
- In the Revenge Cycle, we reject our pain and suffering and believe that by hurting the person who hurt us our pain will go away.
- In the Forgiveness Cycle, we face our pain and suffering and move toward acceptance and healing by walking the Fourfold Path.
- These are the steps of the Fourfold Path: Telling the Story, Naming the Hurt, Granting Forgiveness, and Renewing or Releasing the Relationship.
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As we continue in our book study, we encourage you to purchase Desmond and Mpho Tutu's The Book of Forgiving which is available as a hard copy, audiobook, and ebook. All of the following comes directly from the end of each chapter.
Tutu, Mpho, and Tutu, Desmond. The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World. United States, HarperCollins, 2014.