I am not gonna lie, with my stubborn personality, it is hard for me to forgive people. Lately I have tried to really think about the overall picture, life is too short to walk around with grudges, so I have been trying to be more forgiving. The hardest part for me is realizing that sometimes you just have to put your ego aside and let things go. Once you get to the point where you are ready to forgive, and you realize holding grudges is absolutely pointless, the rest is easy.

I had a falling out with a few friends a while ago for petty reasons and I finally, 974 years later, realized it was so dumb and pointless and forgave them without them even asking for it. I decided I was done letting it drag on and actually went out last night with some of them and had fun. Life doesn’t need to be so dramatic. Forgive and move on. It feels sooooo much better to let things go. One less stress and worry.

You don’t have to like everyone or be friends with everyone, but it’s so pointless to hate someone, especially someone you used to love. Whenever I think I hate something or someone, I always say this quote in my head “People hate what they don’t understand” which makes me stop and think about why I am hating them. Maybe if you just talk to someone and try to understand them, you can avoid hating them all together.

So the Sappy Sunday of today? Forgive people & instead of hating them, try to understand them.

“When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.”

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.”