Healing From Your Break-Up – Lesson 2.1 – What Forgiveness Is Not

Welcome to Module 2 of the “Healing From Your Break-Up” course!

The number and type of hurts you’ve suffered in the past, combined with your thoughts and beliefs, can make it difficult to release the past. When you add the biochemical response of your body, it’s a wonder anyone can forgive another.

In this module, you’ll learn that your view of forgiveness can add to the difficulty of putting the past behind you. In this short module, you’ll explore what forgiveness is and what forgiveness isn’t. This knowledge will assist you in letting go of the hurt and moving forward with your life in joy.

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The emotions, thoughts, beliefs, and chemical nature of your body make it difficult to release the past, to forgive. The memory of what happened will be with you. The key to healing is releasing the anger and resentment surrounding the event.

Even for the deepest of wounds, it’s crucial to find a way to detach as much as possible from the pain. In most cases this means to move into a state of forgiveness of the one who caused the wound.

Many people are resistant to forgiveness because they don’t understand what forgiveness is, so before you explore what forgiveness is, let’s look at what it isn’t.

What Forgiveness Is Not

If you’re told that you must forgive someone to release the past and gain peace, you’re likely to angrily reply, “It wasn’t my fault. Why do I have to be the one to forgive?“

Within that reaction is the thought that forgiveness is about saying that the person who did the hurting has no responsibility for their actions and the consequences of their actions.

Consider these important principles relating to forgiveness:

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