Forgiveness is the ultimate sense of freedom.

Someone did wrong by you and you can’t let it go. Each time you think about it, your anger ignites. Your hurt deepens. Your sadness envelopes you more tightly. And, chances are, that person has long forgotten that it ever happened. So who is paying the price for what happened to you? YOU ARE!

Why? Why are you letting yourself continue to suffer? There is no justice you can achieve in harboring your feelings. So why not trade in your grievance for forgiveness.

It does NOT mean you have to be OK with what happened. It means you can let all the emotion around it float away.

It doesn’t mean you will forget what happened. That’s a good thing. Because now you will handle that person or a similar situation with greater knowledge and skill than you were able to previously.

It DOES mean that YOU get to decide how you want to feel. YOU get to decide how you want to treat yourself. YOU get to decide how to move forward peacefully and productively. It all comes down to your willingness to forgive.