When you initially forgive, it is like letting go of a hot iron. There is initial pain and the scars will show, but you can start living again.

When you forgive, it does not mean that you have submitted, it simply means that you have made a choice to stop bearing any grudge.

The heart is where the journey of forgiveness begins.

Blaming other people inevitably makes us blame ourselves because if we are pointing the finger at someone, practically, we are pointing it at ourselves as well.

Locking ourselves in the situation where we wish for sympathy and want to be looked at as the aggrieved party normally makes us powerless.

You are the custodian of your own happiness. What other people say, do or think does not create a basis for your happiness. It is you who decides your own happiness, just like forgiveness.

In the process of forgiveness, you can only control your own actions and decisions.

Do the forgiveness and carry on going forward. Leave the worrying to the other person. Eat what is on your plate and leave the rest to them.

Being joyous or happy is not something you should feel guilty about.