Forgive and forget. Did you ever believe in the meaning of those words?
I, myself, had been a devout follower of the said praise. As sorry is the hardest word to say, I know it takes a lot of effort for a person to say a heartfelt and sincere sorry for something he/she had done.
But time always changes somebody. And now, I don't believe on those words anymore.
Oh, yeah. Of course, I forgive. There's no point letting yourself hang on to your anger and let it ruin your life, right? If we keep ourselves angry with someone, we cannot deny that that anger could somehow affect how we interact with other people, especially that person that you've had a conflict with.
But forget? Nah. I may be somebody na butas ang utak at megakalimot, but I don't forget offenses that easily. Granted that I may have forgiven you, but the treatment and the openness between us is not the same anymore.
And you know, it's really all about trust and the part of yourself that you have given that person. Light offenses are easy to forgive, but those instances that somebody would hurt the hell out of you? Haha. Nobody can hurt you as much if you have given not him or her permission to hurt you and have not been vulnerable to him or her.
Somehow, we cannot help it if we ourselves would get hurt or that we would hurt somebody. It's a part of life. The only thing that we can control in our life is how we deal and react to it.
And the best thing to do? Forgive...And be careful.
