Today's post will be about forgiveness. First a short introduction to what it is, and why we do it. What is forgiveness? Is it forgetting that someone has wronged you? Or is it releasing the anger and hurt that someone has caused you? Or could it be both?
Forgiveness is a complex emotion that can involve numerous factors. It may be helpful to think of forgiveness as a process that includes both forgetting and releasing.
Forgetting the wrongdoing can be a way of releasing the anger and hurt that it caused.
However, forgetting does not necessarily imply that one forgives the person who committed the wrongdoing. It might be more accurate to say that one releases the anger and hurt that the wrongdoing caused.
Carrying around this hurt is like keeping a ball and chain around your ankle. Your brain fires the thought process and you relive it and feel like crap all over again. It breathes life back into you to let go of what someone was that wronged you. They aren't that person anymore. They may do some of the same things but either let them go or let them grow into their new life and allow them the dignity of seeing them as possible of growth.
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