There’s a lot said about forgiving others when they do something you don’t like, or that hurts you or that’s downright wrong. Yet it’s still so hard for people to forgive someone who did them wrong. What’s hard to understand is that forgiving is not for the other person, no matter what they did to you. It’s for you. You don’t even have to tell the person who did you wrong that you forgive him or her.

Until you forgive, it’s hard to let the negative emotions attached to your memory of what happened. You’ll hold onto all of it and it will keep you from healing. The emotions can eat you up inside and keep you in a negative frame of mind, or complaining a lot.

Best reason to forgive: Unless you forgive, you allow the other person to stay under your skin, to continue to hurt you, over and over.

Caroline Myss is brilliant at helping people to heal. Below you can hear her talk about the fabulous importance of forgiving the things we’ve held onto from past incidents. It releases energy that allows you to move forward more. Think about who you can forgive, picture them, express how you felt when the person did what they did to you, let out any emotions you feel about it, and then forgive the person in your heart and let it go. It really frees you! And forgiving is a great way to say “I love me” because it leaves you feeling better!

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