7 reasons why we need to forgive and forget

Find the importance and power in forgiving one another and in turn being forgiven. Below are 7 powerful lessons about the importance of forgiveness. Hopefully they can inspire you.

1. Forgiveness Frees Us From The Chains That Hold Us Back

Feel like something is holding you back? Maybe you are feeling bitter about something from your past, maybe the way someone treated you in a situation or something you experienced at the hands of someone you thought you could trust. Do not allow bitterness to keep you from fulfillment. Choose to forgive and free yourself from negative feelings that can keep you down and miserable for a long time to come.

2. We Can Learn From Forgiveness

Like everything else in life, we can learn from forgiving ourselves and forgiving others as well as learn from others forgiving us for the misdeeds we may have caused. We can gain a lot from letting go. Including learning to be more patient and understanding why people do the things they do. We can learn how to respond and how to keep such incidences from occurring again. Naturally, forgiveness makes us all the more wise in the long run. Learn to forgive and live a free life.

3. While It Is Not Easy To Forget, Forgiveness Eases The Burden Of Holding On

It may not be easy to forget and maybe not so necessary. After all we do learn from our past and we let the past help us on our journeys. Still, forgiveness eases the burden of holding on. So let go and when you find yourself in a similar situation in the future remember how it may have made you feel in the past and make the right decisions to find your way back into a positive situation.

4. There Is Power In Forgiveness

Truthfully. There is definitely a radiating power in forgiveness. By forgiving you are speaking a thousand strong and extraordinary words. Whether you are the one being forgiven or you are forgiving someone else, the fact that it can and is being done really sends a potent message. One that will resonate for some time to come.

5. Forgiveness Opens The Door To Healing and Peace

By forgiving and being forgiven, we are steps closer to healing and living a life of peace. Learn to forgive and find yourself knocking on that door to healing and taking the steps necessary to gain inner peace. You deserve it.

6. We All Want To Be Forgiven, In Turn We Must Also Forgive

Of course we all want and feel like we deserve to be forgiven for something we may have done but we need to learn to forgive others as well. Forgiveness comes in cycles; someone forgives us, we forgive them. They forgive someone else and so forth. Share in the movement and start forgiving those whom you hold bitter grudges with.

7. Forgiveness Allows Us To Actually See Ourselves And See Others

Lastly, forgiveness allows us to actually see ourselves for who we are and who we can be. It definitely opens eyes! It also helps us to see others for who they are. By forgiving, we put the past where it belongs, in the past, and try and dwell on the present. People change, circumstances change and life is only made right when we acknowledge that there can be nothing greater than finding that bit of compassion for someone when we feel we need a bit of compassion ourselves.