In the human sphere, however, reconciliation arises from the giving and receiving of forgiveness. Some of us often felt that the Commission was too anxious to give signs and symbols of forgiveness and reconciliation. At times it has seemed that not enough account has been taken of the reality and depth of pain many victims continued to suffer. There was no acceptance that at times anger may be appropriate in some circumstances and that it needed to be expressed. That too is healing.
Reconciliation is a process.
It cannot be foreordained or predetermined. It is subject to too many imponderables. It has to be by faith that people who were previously enemies set forth into the unknown and distant future without the comforts of assurances. It can best be built on trust. The future is as open as the road.