Genuine, complete, and unrestricted forgiveness is an outpouring of our deep sense of personal forgiveness. What we did not deserve, we extend without pretext, or expectation. We forgive simply because we can do no less.

Reflecting on this later I realized we all need to be ladder carriers. A ladder is used to access places we could not on our own. A ladder helps us climb to heights we would be limited from otherwise. A ladder can provide for us a different perspective we may not typically have. 

I do sometimes discover clarity in moments of chaos. Life swirling around me. Opinions flying in from all sides. Disputes raging. Politicians attacking. Disagreement running rampant. The ideal of civilized debating lost in the mire of making enemies out of those different from us.