Forgiveness, not an easy thing for me

Sweden
October 11, 2011 4:47pm CST
Why is it so hard for me to just forgive and forget someone? Is it because the person who has hurt me is one of the closes persons in my life? He happens to be my brother... :(((( I don't wanna feel hatred towards him anymore but everytime I get to recall what has happened, the anger just comes back so fast...
1 response
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
12 Oct 11
It is not easy for many people I don't think. There are just certain things that you cannot forgot, certain actions that cannot be swept underneath the rug. As much as we want to say life goes in, in reality, there are just a number of times where it is just hard to let everything go. There are times where forgiveness is just something that we do, as we feel an obligation of. We mime the act of forgiveness to maintain the peace. Therefore, there are a lot of times where the bad issues are just buried, so we can maintain a peaceful existence. In the back of our minds, thoughts are stirred up, that we're not necessarily the most proud of but they are there. I try and let it be a lot of the times but the anger can always threaten to pop up.
• Sweden
12 Oct 11
Yeah, I agree with what you said... I've been trying hard to just forget and forgive, but as soon as I feel I am ready to face them, then anger just starts to stir me up again. Sometimes, I just wish that I will just wake up one day and just forget about what happened, even that thing alone, then I can be at peace. I don't wanna hold on to anger forever, it doesn't make me feel good at all..