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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]My parents did a number on me. The damage has limited my horizons for relationships and even career. I wish I could know who I would have been if I grew up in a healthy environment.[/b]

Despite that, I have chosen to forgive and my life is greatly improved because of it. Staying angry at someone who is troubled is like holding a hot coal and expecting them to feel the pain. They won't, it only hurts you.[/quote]

NP. I can relate so much to the first part. I wonder who I would have been. I had so much potential but 've been hampered in so many areas of my life (relationship, work).  I can't relate to the second paragraph, though. I haven't reached forgiveness. Not sure I will. [/quote]

A lot of people misunderstand forgiveness.

It just means acceptance of what you cannot change and learning to go on anyway.[/quote]
That's not forgiveness, that's healing or, perhaps, resignation. It's moving on because you have no other choice. It's accepting that people won't change, that you can't change the past, but that you can choose how you live your life. Forgiveness isn't what you describe.[/quote]

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