This column is an opinion by Albert Dumont, an activist, spiritual advisor, volunteer and poet. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ.
My life was forever changed when the enormous cruelty of a person of my long-ago past left me emotionally and spiritually wounded.
I have often spoken about the darkness which entered my life because of the effects this person’s actions had on my formative years. One day, as we talked on the subject of forgiveness, a friend asked if it was possible for me to find it in my heart to forgive the person who brought such profound dysfunction, through