I have a theory about forgiveness. Imagine a point in the future. A few years from now. A man who has changed, who has understood, who does not repeat it. A man who can be forgiven. If that point is possible — and it is possible — then a shortcut can be taken. Instead of waiting a few years for the moment when I deserve it, I can start living from that place today. I can ask for forgiveness not as a man who has repaired everything. Only as a man who has genuinely chosen a direction. Not: give me a few years until I have earned it. Rather: I
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