The Test for Forgiveness

You are not being magnanimous when you forgive. What you wish for the other, you are actually wishing for yourself. The great secret of true forgiveness is that once you have forgiven the person, it is unnecessary to repeat the prayer. Whenever the person comes to your mind, or the particular hurt hap to enter your mind, wish the delinquent well and say, peace be unto you. Do this as often as the thought enters your mind. You will find that after a few days, the thought of the person or experience will return less and less often until it fades into nothingness. If you have truly forgiven someone, you will remember the incident, but you will no longer feel the sting