What types of factors influenced the person to act the way he or she did?

Provide some background about the situation?

How have you coped with the situation so far?

How has your anger helped you cope? How has it interfered with your life?

Why might you make a decision to forgive?

What types of factors influenced the person to act the way he or she did?

If you decided to forgive this person, how would that be different than forgetting? Excusing? Justifying?

What could you do to remove yourself from the victim role?

Think of one or two small ways that you might give something to the person who offended you?

How would forgiving help you to move forward with this situation?