We cannot change the past. We
can only change the way we see it and how we keep on reacting to it. The past
can hunt us as long as we let it do so.
To stop the past from
influencing the present, we must forgive. Forgiveness is a powerful way to act
in the present and change what shall come next.
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
First, what needs to be forgiven,
is you. Yes, whatever had happened, whatever your involvement in it was, you
need to forgive yourself first. Then, and only then will you find the strength
to change the influence it has on your present.
“When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you
sure do change the future.”
- Bernard
Meltzer
There is no guaranty that
forgiving will help anyone else, but it will surely help you.