“I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It's not something that happens overnight. It's an evolution of the heart.” (Sue Monk Kidd). What Kidd means by this is that actively practicing forgiveness is easier said than done, but forgiving others is essential to growing as a person. People will always make mistakes, and we cannot stop that. However, we can forgive people for what they do to wrong us. When one learns forgiveness, they learn to help oneself, to help others, and to teach others. Firstly, forgiveness is important to learn for one’s self in order to be happier, constructive, and for being able to forgive one’s self. Holding grudges against someone is not healthy. Avoiding, ignoring, or hurting someone because they hurt you or they made a mistake does not improve the situation both parties are in. Also, hating someone is not constructive. If one truly wants to make their situation better, they would either forgive or forget about what the other person did to wrong them. Next, it is also important to forgive …show more content…
Mistakes are ultimately inevitable. We cannot expect everyone to be perfect, so it is unfair to hold one’s mistakes against them. Also, it is all too often forgotten that the wrongdoer has reasons of their own for doing what they did. Whether their reasons justify the situation or not, it is important to listen to why they did what they did, and to take that into account when one is deciding how to react to what has been done to them. Moreover, holding a grudge against someone can also make others involved uncomfortable. No one likes to be in the middle of two people who are arguing, and resolving the conflict would help everyone involved in some