Forgiveness

Most of us battle with stress and anger because of all the grudges we hold against people. Because of all the hatred we have for them. Because of all the pain we are feeling. It is not wrong.
However, most of us tend to hold on to the hate, the hurt and the anger. This essentially means that we live our lives carrying all these negative emotions that do nothing but weigh us down. All because we choose to carry burdens that aren’t rightfully ours to carry.

Now I know this next part will sound redundant but it has to be said. Forgiveness relieves you of all that stress. It frees you from all those toxic emotions. It allows you to live freely and truly be happy.

Here’s what I learnt from my therapist; Forgiveness is not idiotic. Forgiveness does not only benefit the other party. Forgiveness helps you the most.
If you live your life carrying around all these negative emotions inflicted on you by other people, you are inevitably allowing those people to control how you feel and steal your happiness.

It is definitely not easy to just let go and forgive someone. Especially if you have to forgive them without getting an apology. But, I guarantee that once you forgive those people and regain control over your emotions; you will question why you hadn’t done it sooner.

Now there’s something we rarely want to address, and that is our inability to forgive ourselves. This is way harder than forgiving someone else. We blame ourselves for everything that goes wrong in life even when it wasn’t our fault. This keeps us trapped in self-loathing.
Yes, it is hard to forgive yourself for things feel like you are responsible for but the first step is to remember that IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT and also remember that we are all imperfect and we make mistakes. This means we are worthy of forgiveness.

Here’s my input:
Life is too precious to be wasted on self loathing and hatred. Forgive others. Forgive YOURSELF. It does not make you foolish, it simply gives you way more happiness. You deserve happiness.
Let go.