Bitterness

If someone betrayed you, can you forgive them? Learning to forgive may feel like one of life’s harder lessons. So many apparently and logical objections arise such as “Why should I?…..after what he/she did to me!?”

On the other hand, long lasting resentment, bitterness, and hate is so hurtful and damaging, not only to your enjoyment of life, but to your health. Bitterness is eating inside and spoils your time on this Earth.

Forgiving someone doesn’t mean tolerating the bad that was done. But the shock, even horror of what happened needs to register only for a while. After that you need to move on from it for your own peace of mind. As for thoughts of revenge there is a beautiful old saying:

“Do unto others what is worthy of you, not what is worthy of them.”

This encourages us to treat people in accordance with our own character and values in spite of of what they have done.

When you forgive whole-heartedly and move on, you can put the past behind you and get on with life.

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