10 Inspiring Stories of Extreme Forgiveness That Will Lift Your Spirits
BY After suffering devastating tragedies, these remarkable people were able to put aside their anger and blame to find mercy in their hearts. BY JULIANA LABIANCA The unlikely pardoner ESB PROFESSIONAL/SHUTTERSTOCK Iranian woman Samereh Alinejad had told the The Associated Press that “retribution had been her only thought” after her teenage son was murdered. But in a dramatic turn at the gallows, literally moments before the killer was to be executed, Alinejad made a last-minute decision to pardon the man. She is now considered a hero. Try these science-backed tricks for forgiveness. A mending feud TRAVEL STOCK/SHUTTERSTOCK In May 2014, New York Times photographer Peter Hiogo began a photo essay project in Rwanda to demonstrate the forgiveness between the Hutus and Tutsis—the two cultures involved in the 1994 Rwandan genocide that took millions of lives. In the photos, members from both cultures stand by side lik...