Forgiveness is for our own growth and happiness. When we hold on to hurt, pain, resentment, and anger it harms us far more than it harms the offender. Forgiveness frees us to live in the present

 Forgiveness just means that you've made peace with the pain, and you are ready to let it go.

Forgiveness is not something we do for others - it's something we do for ourselves.

Not forgiving someone is the equivalent of staying trapped in a jail cell of bitterness, serving time for someone else's crime.