This is my favorite definition of forgiveness. It makes more sense to me than "just let it go" or to write the stuff down on a piece of paper, burn it, and let the forgiveness happen with the rising of the smoke. That makes no sense at all to me.
Forgiveness is so internal, such a deepening process for me. That's why this definition makes sense. I get the chance to work the situation through in my mind every which way, then come to the point where I stop wishing it could have been any different.
Again, hope seems to be an essential component here. To no longer hope that the past will change, but bring that hope forward that the future can play out much differently than the past.
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