For there are two kinds of forgiveness in the world: the one you practice because everything really is all right, and what went before is mended. The other kind of forgiveness you practice because someone needs desperately to be forgiven, or because you need just as badly to forgive them, for a heart can grab hold of old wounds and go sour as milk over them. Catherynne M. Valente
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Forgiveness is something that we should practice. It is something that we should be able to do because everything really is all right. When you forgive, a knot of guilt and anger often falls off your chest. It is the relief that comes from the letting go of a hurtful memory.

It is a way to move forward in a positive direction. Forgiveness is also something that you should be willing to do because someone else needs it desperately or because you need it as badly for your own heart can grab hold of old wounds and go sour.

Source: The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland And Led The Revels There

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