I have always been quick and glad to forgive. Well this time I am having trouble forgetting. As a lot of you know I had sever depression with psychosis ideations. I quit my job that I had waited to do all my life to stay home and take care of my grandchildren that came to live with me and my husband. A short time after the youngest left I got really sick and said a lot of things about my husband to different people. The girls were really mean and hateful, said they thought I was just being… read more
Momo, forgiving and forgetting are very different things. Forgiving is for YOU, so you can move ahead in your life, and it is not a one time thing. It's a process, a journey. I'm not sure if our brains will allow us to forget, but I believe that forgiveness will help those painful memories to subside.
I keep telling myself that. I am a forgiving person. If I wasn't I wouldn't have stayed 40 years. I said something the other day that is reality to me. I can't live today without worrying about tomorrow and forgetting yesterday. Thanks everyone for being my counselor
The words I'm sorry mean nothing to me and I don't forget things either