“Earth is forgiveness school,” says Ann Lamott, but forgiveness is hard sometimes. We can learn a lot about it by considering the work of two great champions of forgiveness. Eva Mozes Kor was taken to Auschwitz as a child to be used as an experimental animal by Nazi doctor Josef Mengele. It took her fifty years, but she was finally able to forgive him for what he had done and experience a transformation from victim to victor. Lois Wilson is the co-founder of Al Anon, a group that supports the family members and friends of alcoholics as they try to heal the wounds that the alcoholics in their lives have inflicted. Al Anon has provided millions with wise counsel on the steps toward spiritual growth, resulting in their forgiveness of others and themselves.
