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Everyone has been mad, upset, or in deep emotional turmoil in the past due to someone’s actions or words. Were you able to forgive them? I hope so. Forgiving someone is for you; not for them. It is your ability to let go of the situation. Never ask if they deserve to be forgiven; ask if you deserve to forgive them.
Holding onto hate or rage when someone has done something against you does not hurt the other person. Many times we hide these emotions because we don’t want to hurt them in return. However, you need to release them for your own sake. Why allow them to live in your mind and let you pay the emotional rent?
Take out a notebook or journal and for five minutes write about a hurt that you have been holding onto. Describe the feelings in detail and get them all out on paper as if you were speaking to the person who hurt you directly. At the end write “now I forgive you” and let it go. I am not asking you to forgive and forget but I am asking you to get that baggage off of you.
Letting these things go allows you to move past the situation and at the same time lowers your stress level. Do yourself a favor and let it go.
