Conflict Patterns Of Forgiving Conflict

For instance, a friend keep repeating their negative behavior even though they promise to you, that they won’t do it again. This is an example when grace is not inappropriate, for the person is being exploited and used in negative destructive way. We need to respect ourselves; while maintaining a healthy relationship with others.
It’s important to honor and assert ourselves, self-interest and self-assertion alone are insufficient ethical principles for creating rich interpersonal relationship. None of us is perfect; we all make mistakes with thoughtless acts, and sometimes do thing we know are wrong and hurtful. Sometimes there is no reason to forgiveness us when we wrong them; we have no right to expect exoneration (wood, 244). Reflecting on the value of grace for all parties, one writer Walters (1984) said from his book “when we have been hurt we have two alternatives: be destroyed by resentment, or forgive. Resentment is death: forgiving leads to healing and life” For human relationship to live and thrive; there must be some room for redemption, for forgiveness and for grace (wood, 244). …show more content…
Patterns of conflicts are shaped by how people view conflicts. Conflict patterns are influenced by how people responds to tension. Inclination to exit, neglect, show loyalty, or voice conflict vary in how actively they deal with tension and how constructive they are for relationships. Communication is a particularly important influence on interpersonal conflict. It’s importance to balance the tension inherent in the notion of grace so that we recognized both its potential values and it’s