(It took me awhile to figure out how to create this haha)
I was reading an article in a health magazine about forgiveness and got to thinking about my parents divorce and how it affected myself and my siblings. Divorce is a devistating experience and I do not wish it upon anyone. I wish it would never have happened to us, but it did and now we have to deal with it, I guess.
Anyways, I was thinking about forgiveness and the article talked about why people forgive. "Why do we forgive," I asked myself. I couldn't answer that because I have yet to forgive the people that hurt us. However, I have this feeling, almost a need or a want to forgive my dad and his family (as much as I don't want to). I think that it is the only way to move on, but how do we move on when we can't forget about the past? Or, when we forgive someone we accept what the situation has become and (in a sense) forget the pain that the other person has caused?
Need to think on this more I suppose.
I was reading an article in a health magazine about forgiveness and got to thinking about my parents divorce and how it affected myself and my siblings. Divorce is a devistating experience and I do not wish it upon anyone. I wish it would never have happened to us, but it did and now we have to deal with it, I guess.
Anyways, I was thinking about forgiveness and the article talked about why people forgive. "Why do we forgive," I asked myself. I couldn't answer that because I have yet to forgive the people that hurt us. However, I have this feeling, almost a need or a want to forgive my dad and his family (as much as I don't want to). I think that it is the only way to move on, but how do we move on when we can't forget about the past? Or, when we forgive someone we accept what the situation has become and (in a sense) forget the pain that the other person has caused?
Need to think on this more I suppose.
