Last Updated on January 10, 2020
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To forgive someone is not an easy task: some of our loved ones tend to cause us many aches and pain, but only after we feel heartbroken and ruined, they come asking for forgiveness.
In fact, some of them don’t even ask for that forgiveness… And here we are, holding our broken hearts, collecting our tears, and seeking the peace that seemed to be lost forever.
But do you know what the hardest type of forgiveness is? To forgive yourself for the mistakes you have done and to give yourself a chance to overcome the fact that you allowed others to hurt you! But Maya Angelou said;
“It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive.” Forgive everybody. You are relieved of carrying that burden of resentment. You really are lighter. You feel lighter. You just drop that”.
Robert Enright is a Ph.D. professor who has been making many scientific studies about forgiveness, and after a long time of researching, he figured out ways that helped countless of his patients to overcome anxiety, resentment, and depression which allowed them to forgive from their hearts.
We have studied them all and we have got for you the most effective ways to forgive anyone!
#1 – Forgiveness is available for everyone
Look around you, everyone you see has been wronged by someone in one way or another – It could be a parent who neglected them, a friend who betrayed them, or a spouse who cheated on them. All the injustices we live can lead us to experience many unhealthy symptoms like a disruption in sleep, anger, fatigue, anxiety, and depression.
But, have you realized that forgiveness is an option that’s available at all times?
In order for the injustice to not go on an unhealthy way, we should already be having the tools to deal with it. You don’t even need a mental health professional to learn how to forgive because you can achieve it on your own…
