Forgiveness Requires Feeling

December 12, 2024

“If you force yourself into forgiveness before fully feeling and moving through the layers of anger and hurt, it won’t be a clean and true forgiveness but rather a pseudo-virtuous form of bypassing and suppression.” ~Cory Muscara

Absolutely true! For me, feeling emotions like anger, hurt, or resentment is uncomfortable, and I often grow impatient, wishing they would leave quickly. But rushing through them always backfires because by doing so, I’m not truly honoring my feelings—and there’s always a cost to that.

This post is spot on:-

https://tinybuddha.com/blog/stop-telling-me-to-forgive-why-this-isnt-helpful/

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