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[quote=Anonymous]Agree with other posters that forgiveness is misunderstood. You don’t need to forget the incident or feel as though it never happened. Freedom from the incident will be achieved once you fully feel the pain, acknowledge the hurt, focusing solely on yourself. Look closely at any residual resentment or contempt you have for the perpetrator. Ask yourself why you have it. The resentment and contempt is what weighs your psyche down and needles you all the time, reminding you it’s there. It is a protective measure your ego takes to tell itself you are better than/nothing like the perpetrator. However, we all act unconsciously at times. In the end there is no ranking of people as superior or inferior to one another. We all just ‘are’, mostly reaping what we sow over and over in life. It’s not your job to teach others their life lessons. They will learn or not. If you can let go of the resentment, and just accept it as a thing that happened and is no longer happening right now, you’ll eventually stop ruminating on it. [/quote]

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