Neville gave forgiveness a startling, practical meaning. To forgive is not merely to pardon — it is to revise: to give up your old concept of a person and assume a better one in its place.
Since, in his view, others reflect our assumptions about them, holding someone in a kinder, truer image can change not only how we feel but how the relationship unfolds. The same applies, most of all, to how you image yourself.
Choose one person (or your own self) and hold them in a kinder, truer image for a minute.
Whose old image — including your own — are you ready to revise?