Forgiveness sounds so simple: Just let go of the resentment you feel about someone’s offense, flaw, or mistake. But for Gen X — the generation raised to “suck it up,” and keep moving — forgiveness is a bit more complicated.
In this episode, Ken and Jim dive into the real work of forgiving others and ourselves without pretending the past magically disappears. They explore the difference between guilt and shame — how one opens the door to learning and growth while the other holds us down — and why the old commandment to “forgive and forget” never matched the way memory, hurt, and hope actually behave in the human heart.
With humor, honesty, and the perspective that comes with turning 60, they look at what it means to lighten the emotional loads we’ve carried for decades. What grudges have shaped us? Which ones still grip us? And what might shift if we learn to release the parts of the past that are still weighing us down?
This is Forgiveness, Gen X style: thoughtful, imperfect, and rooted in the desire to move into what’s next with a little more freedom.
