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This Is How Forgiveness Makes You Feel and Look Younger
Treat yourself to an Emotional Botox.
Forgiveness is a difficult subject for many.
Holding grudges gives a sense of superiority and control.
Many people derive weird satisfaction from being a victim while the other stays a villain.
The ego tricks us into staying small while thinking we are powerful.
Forgive and Forget Is the Best Advice.
When you dwell on the past and relive every lousy treatment, you reinfect the wound you are trying to heal.
Yes, somebody hurt you. But it is in your power to stitch the cut.
Too often we damp responsibility for our happiness on others. We expect to get love and appreciation in return. But relying on people for emotional nourishment is a sure path to misery.
Forgiveness is a form of surgery for your soul, not a gift to the other. You break free.
When you forgive, the other person doesn’t owe you anything. You break emotional ties that bind you.
Condemning somebody for being wrong is a downright form of manipulation. We want to be in charge because we feel hurt. By diminishing others we try elevating ourselves. The…
