A
special meeting that changed my life
Meeting a woman
called Jo Berry was such a heart-warming experience for me. I heard her speak
with the ex-IRA bomber, Patrick McGee, who killed her father at the Brighton
bombing. Both she and the ex-bomber were on stage, talking so honestly
together, at a Leeds Peace forum. Reconciliation can happen with deep healing.
Do watch the TED Talk on YouTube called: “Disarming with Empathy.” It holds so
much of what I believe in action about forgiveness!
When you understand
someone else’s story, you realize why and how people can commit dreadful acts
of violence. When you transform your pain, you and I can choose to empathize
with our adversaries. When you know the
true history everything makes sense.
Jo Berry says on
the website, Building Bridges for Peace:
"I passionately believe that there is humanity in everyone, and every time
we demonize the “other” we are delaying the onset of peace in this world."
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