Forgive and move on for you r own peace.

Hello, everyone.

I welcome you to my blog. Forgiving a person after they hurt you is something not everyone finds easy. Some people prefer to hold grudges against those who hurt them instead of forgiving them. I was at a seminar once when the speaker said that forgiving those who hurt you is not a choice but a must. If you really want to experience peace again, you must let go of the hurt, and you do that by forgiving those that hurt you. It is not easy to forgive, but I have come to realize that it is better to forgive and let go than hold grudges.

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Each time you forgive those who have hurt you, you do yourself a favor and give yourself the freedom you deserve, because holding grudges puts you in some kind of captivity. While I was growing up, I had a fight with a very close friend of mine. Instead of forgiving and letting go, we opted for malice, and that is when I realized the importance of forgiveness. Whenever he is with the rest of the guys, I distance myself. Both of us tried to avoid each other, and in the process, we missed out on all the fun. We had to settle our differences, though we were just kids, but forgiveness gives you peace. Do you feel how heavy it is to hold grudges sometimes?

While growing up, I did hold grudges a lot. Instead of forgiving those that hurt me or I got into fights with, I always opted in for malice, even as guys, and that is what unforgiveness brings. Matters we can settle amicably and in no distant time, we make it worse and it takes longer to settle, and the longer it takes to settle the matter, the more unrest we are, the more unpeaceful our everyday becomes because each time we see the person we are holding a grudge against, it ignites some kind of feeling, more like a sore part of the soul was pinched.

Then we failed to understand that forgiveness is not all about who hurts who or who apologizes first; it is all about embracing peace. Don't wait for whoever hurts you to apologize before you forgive them; sometimes they won't want to apologize, and you are forced into holding grudges, but in the end, it is you who is not at peace while the other person is busy enjoying peace. These days, whether I am wrong or right, I apologize for my own peace and not because I am weak. I know what it feels like not to be at peace, and I hate the feeling.

Failure to forgive gives room for bitterness and hatred to fill up. Once you are filled with bitterness and hatred, you won't know peace, and you won't even know what it feels like to be genuinely happy. I learned all these from my little years of finding it difficult to forgive and let go, and now I forgive even before I am offended. I like the peace that comes from within when you don't hold grudges against anyone; the happiness is genuine and not faked around people. There are lots of benefits that come with forgiving and letting go. Forgiving is beneficial, and I am using this opportunity to urge us all to do it often. Learn to let go and learn to apologize. None of these will bruise your ego; instead, they will give you peace.

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