Why we should forgive

Forgiveness is the key to healing. Unforgiveness delays our happiness in life. When we don't forgive someone that has hurt us, we give power to unforgiveness and we hurt even more. We have all heard the saying; "Forgivenss is not for the other person, it's for you". A very true statement. Think of how many times you have been hurt in a situation and when you held on to the memory of it your pain and anger increased. Or the fact that hurting people hurt others. Which creates a vicious cycle of pain caused by unforgiveness. Even more importantly we should forgive because we want to be forgiven when we hurt someone. The sooner we start to forgive the sooner we start the healing process and begin down the road to happiness.