Forgiveness Isn’t About Them

FORGIVENESS ISN’T ABOUT THEM

Forgiveness isn’t about

forgiving the person who hurt you.

Not really.

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It’s about releasing yourself

from the version of you

that stayed stuck in that moment.

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Because when you don’t forgive…

you keep reliving it.

The words.

The silence.

The betrayal.

The absence.

Over and over again.

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And they move on…

while you stay tied to what happened.

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Forgiveness is not saying

it was okay.

It wasn’t.

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It’s saying—

I refuse to carry this anymore.

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Because healing requires movement.

And you cannot move forward

while dragging the weight

of what they did to you.

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So you release it.

Not for them.

For you.

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Because peace is not found

in holding on—

It’s found

in letting go.