Primates Are Peacemakers

Primates are a reconciling species, a forgiving species. Not only are humans peacemakers all primates are peacemakers. We refer to all the other primates that are not human as monkeys. On reconciliation monkeys are different than humans only in the way they make peace. Monkeys make peace and show affection to each other by grooming. We reconcile to appease, and we forgive to make peace. Humans are peacemakers by nature. Forgiving others when they have done wrong, is an interesting way to bring happiness. It works, and it isn't about the other person they don't even have to accept an apology for it to work. When you forgive, you allow yourself to move on. You allow yourself to forget, or rather not to linger on the problem. This gives you the time and energy to make new happiness. …show more content…
But, don't let what they have done, hold you back from being happy. I used to feel that if I forgave the people who hurt me that I was saying they had the right to do what they did. It took a long time for me to realize this wasn’t the case. However, I was watching a true life murder case where the murderer was talking to the parents of the girl he had killed and they said to him, “we forgive you.” I didn’t understand how they could do that. I do now, it isn’t making the thing that was done right, it is releasing you from the pain caused by this act. That is what forgiveness is; it means I’m not going to hold a grudge against you, and I’m not going to let you control or even be in my life. When someone does something terrible to you, don’t over analyze what happened. That won’t make it better, because it still happened. Forgive the act, and forgive

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