A!Sample!Forgiveness!Life4Cycle! By!Laurent!Weichberger!(September!2015)! ! This!chapter!is!dedicated!to!a!simple!life4cycle!diagram!I!was!inspired!to!create!after! being!asked!a!question!by!Randy!Overdorff!at!the!Meher!Spiritual!Center:!“What!is! the!different!between!‘letting4go’!and!‘forgiveness’?”!We!had!a!lengthy!conversation! about!this!on!the!porch!of!my!cabin,!The!Farmshed,!and!then!later!that!afternoon,!in! the!Refectory!while!he!and!my!children!played!Scrabble!together,!I!made!this! diagram:! !
! I!will!discuss!the!idea!of!the!life4cycle!first,!and!then!dive!deeply!into!each!point,!in! the!clock4wise!order!they!are!shown.!The!idea!of!a!life4cycle!of!forgiveness!was!first! presented!to!me!by!Don!E.!Stevens!at!the!Young!People’s!Group!gathering!number! seven,!which!became!the!basis!for!the!book!The$Doorbell$of$Forgiveness.!At!that!time! !
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