Coaxing a Stuck Screw

Forgiving You For My Mistake I once noted that when someone takes away a false impression of you, and you can make them recognize their misunderstanding, they may correct their false impression, but it will feel to them like forgiveness. They're forgiving you for their misunderstanding. And you'll be on probation going forward: After all the explaining, you won't have cleared yourself. You'll have been given a reprieve. They'll frame it like forgiveness. They've forgiven your transgression...this time! So the next time you trigger another wrong conclusion, you’ll be treated as a repeat offender. No more benefit of the doubt for you, mister. Amnesia and You The amnesiac's friends and family perform all due sympathy, and they intellectually understand the situation. But more viscerally—they'd hardly admit it even to themselves—they take umbrage at having been forgotten. Just Rehearsing After 40 years and lots of pricey therapy, she still cannot accept that horrid thing she overheard her…