FORGIVENESS IS FOR YOU / LET IT GO
Forgiveness: A Gift You Give to Yourself At first glance, the word forgiveness seems like it's about granting something to someone else—a blessing of acceptance, a response to an apology. We're most familiar with this idea: someone says "I'm sorry," and we reply, "I forgive you." But what if there's no apology? The truth about forgiveness is that it's less about them and more about you. It's not a transaction you make with someone else; it's a profound act of letting go . It's you releasing the hurt, resentment, anger, and betrayal associated with an incident that you felt deserved an apology but never received one. When we're overlooked, we often feel unable to move on. Instead of simply going on with our lives, we hold on to the event, replaying it, souring that person's name, and telling anyone who will listen, over and over again. All that stress, all that drama. Wouldn't it have been so much easier to just say, ...