How to forgive those who have hurt me
"one of the hardest things I've ever done."
How I did it: This was definitely one of the hardest goals I ever set for myself. One, in fact, that I thought I would never accomplish.
But as soon as I realized that forgiveness wasn't for the other person, that it was for me, that's when it made sense and was easier.
All the hurt that I carried around from the things that had happened with other people wasn't hurting anyone but me; it wasn't doing them any harm or making them feel bad, only me.
When I decided that I was going to be my new priority forgiveness became a part of that and forgiving people of things that have happened in the past (whether they know it or not) lifted such a great weight from me. It's like for the first time I was really able to take a deep breath and relax.
