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Your Super Power that Jada Pinkett Smith Wants Will Smith and Chris Rock to Use
Your super power is forgiveness!
On the June 1 episode of Red Table Talk, Jada Pinkett Smith broke her silence on “the slap.” She hopes Will Smith and Chris Rock will forgive and eventually reconcile.
As we all probably know by now, Will Smith smacked Chris Rock. The slap happened at the 94th Academy Awards during Chris Rock’s presentation for Best Documentary Feature. The slap was in response to Chris Rock making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.
In life there is always a need to forgive. I met my birth father when I was 32 years old. He lived a full life without knowing one thing about me. But the beauty of forgiveness allows me to have a relationship with him. Not a traditional father daughter relationship. But a relationship.
More importantly, forgiveness allows me to have healthy happy relationships.
What does forgiveness and reconciliation do for us as human beings?
First What is Forgiveness?
Forgiveness means different things to different people. Many people think of forgiveness as letting go or moving on. One mistaken belief is that forgiveness means letting the person who hurt…