As kind as I am and as much fun as I have in my life I can honestly say, I am not an excellent model for people who are forgiving. Also, I have a semi-good memory which hopefully begin to fade as I age and look more like my grandmother.
Back to this forgiveness thing. I have forgiven so many people in my life who have done awful things to me: betrayed my trust, put their hands on me out of anger, said hurtful things to me, ending friendships (without warning), and my favorite chose to believe someone else with false motives instead of trusting their friend (ME!). I forgave people based on the idea that God is a forgiving God hence we should follow suit, right?
I am not a saint nor am I sinner thus I struggle. I struggle with accepting sane people who openly hurt me. In that moment they may have thrown caution to the wind and did whatever they did but I know that they aren't stupid hence they knew what they were doing without a doubt and didn't care about the result whether it be great or harmful.
I am not sure of the reason but I hyper vigilant of my heart. Some might say I am a bitch or cold but I am not, I just enjoy playing it safe with emotions to avoid the pain of others hurting me or playing my emotions to their benefit.
Yet, I know this isn't life and this isn't a way to live. It is damn near impossible to live in fear and frequently rubbing someone's mistakes into their face (even though it feels so damn good sometimes.)
My point is this as we grow (old & in size please let me shrink) I am hopeful I will master the art of forgiving and forgetting. I would like to live my life in color without fear, doubt, worry, and pain. I am hopeful one day I will get this thing down packed. Until then I just try.
There is no harm in making mistakes as long as you LEARN from them and keep it moving :)
Love ya!