Forgiveness is not about forgetting.
It is about letting go, and accepting that what is, is; what has been, has been. There are so many things in a lifetime that call for us to practice a little forgiveness-- sometimes a lot! Insults, slights and deliberate attempts to hurt us... Someone else's mistakes that we end up paying for... Accidents, failures, inconveniences, assaults... We are so programmed to balance scores, rather than to forgive debts. To take what we feel is due us rather than to give what someone else needs more. In... Sign in to see full entry.