Do people let on that they forgive a lot easier than they really do.
By megamatt
@megamatt (14290)
United States
April 6, 2011 1:40pm CST
Most people want no harsh feelings. Therefore, we tend to forgive, or say that we forgive rather quickly. However, do we really forgive as quickly as we let on? I know that its the right thing to bury the hatchet, but there are times where I think that its still eating away at a lot of us in the back of our heads. We have not truly forgiven, and there are still some unresolved issues that might come back to haunt us later on. In our quest to do the right thing, we might have not properly thought about what happened.
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@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
18 Apr 11
Hello
You must have hear the old, say, to err is human, and to forgive is god, i strongly believe in this saying, but forgiving some body is never that easy.
No body from my family or friends ever hurt me. There are good persons and bad persons as well, but we must take in to consideration, why he or she committed the mistake, after that we may/may not forgive..
Thanks for sharing
Happy posting, cheers.
Namastey. 
Kalyani
Happy posting, cheers.
Namastey.
Kalyani
@megamatt (14290)
• United States
18 Apr 11
The effort to forgive should be there. I think that a lot of us really do our hardest to forgive, but there is always going to be something in the back of our mind. Something that is going to be hard to completely forgive. Still forgiving enough so we can live a coexistence should be the first step. Then we can work to mend the fences more from there. Thanks for responding. Its appreciated. Have a nice day.
@for3verfamous (2190)
• Canada
6 Apr 11
I know I probably do that. I will say I forgive someone, but deep down whatever they did still bothers me. It takes time to truely forgive someone.
@megamatt (14290)
• United States
7 Apr 11
I think that there are really two stages of forgiveness. Maybe three if you think about it. There is the saying that we forgive someone and starting to mend the fences. Then there are the time where in our minds, it is not eating away at us. Then there is the time where we completely forgive them, when we realize completely that life goes on. Thanks for responding. Its appreciated. Have a nice day.
@terryt52 (243)
• United States
6 Apr 11
I have had alot of hurt in my life time. I do forgive because that is what God expects of us. I never forget. I do not hold grudges nor never try and get even. If I get mad at a person I try my hardest to never say something that is not true and hurtful. I can say forgiveness is a hard thing because you never forget. I have been hurt many times by my family over and over and untrue hurtful things so I just had enough walked away and now I wish I would have said how I felt. But no regret and I have forgiven but not forgotten.
@megamatt (14290)
• United States
6 Apr 11
There is most certainly a difference between forgiveness and forgotten. No matter what we believe, there is one thing for certain and that life has to move forward. We have to be the better person. Yet, when hurt, there are times where it still lingers in the back of our mind. Its hard to look at the person responsible the same way. And I would like to think that if we had seen something that we might have done that it would be a mistake, it is really something that is going to cause people to look at me slightly different a lot time. Thanks for responding. Its much appreciated. Have a nice day.
