[Ashley.]

I have always seen forgiveness as a good trait to have. I am incapable of hate, I am incapable of holding heavy grudges, and I always look for the good in people even if it takes incredible amounts of digging, so I have always found it relatively easy to forgive.

Others may see the act of forgiving as naive or foolish, because when you subject yourself to that forgiveness you can never be sure that they won't put you in that position again, and it's thought that the second time always hurts more than the first. You could link it to the whole "leopards never change their spots" saying. Forgiving can sometimes take a lot of trust and sometimes when you get enveloped in the trust you have for someone, you become blind to the possibility that they haven't changed at all.

So my question, do you find forgiving to be a good thing, or a bad thing? And to what extent does forgiving just become plain foolishness?