Forgive, For 'Good'ness-Sake...

    The notion of ‘forgiveness’, and what it truly implies, is lost among many, it seems. Some people feel that to forgive another his or her ‘indiscretions’ against them makes them weak; that by doing so they give away their own ‘power’. What these folks aren’t understanding is this: Forgiving someone is NOT about going ‘easy’ on THEM, but about being kind, gentle, and loving to OURSELVES. When we cannot ‘forgive’ this causes us to hold on ‘tight’ to hatred, ill-will, animosity, and a myriad of other negative-emotions. Offering someone ‘forgiveness’ does not mean that we ‘forgive and forget’; for to do this would only make it easier to allow others to ‘harm’ us in the same fashion. No...we must LEARN from the incidents wherein others ‘wrong’ us; but to continue feeling ‘anger’ toward them who ‘trespass against us’ only keeps our own hearts hardened. Forgiving OTHERS releases US from the grip of antipathy and makes us STRONGER...it’s THAT simple; for in doing so, we are made ‘free’ of the shackles of ‘hatred’ which prevent our personal-growth. Moving onward, upward and forward is what life is all about; this, which is IMPOSSIBLE to do when we are stifled and hindered by our own inability to move past certain situations in our lives...immobilized by our ‘fear’, rather than propelled by inner-PEACE and LOVE for ourselves. Just Sayin’..