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Forgiveness Is For Yourself
- Forgiveness is a conscious, deliberate act of letting go of pain towards someone who hurt us, regardless of whether they deserve it.
- It is primarily a gift we give to ourselves, not the person we forgive, and it doesn't require continuing the relationship.
Jenna's Forgiveness Journey
- Jenna shared her journey of forgiving her father after years of pain, absence, and reunion that transformed her healing process.
- This forgiveness allowed her to release resentment and see her father with compassion, freeing herself from old wounds.
Depersonalizing Childhood Hurt
- Healing allows us to depersonalize childhood hurts by seeing caregivers as human beings impacted by their own pasts.
- This compassion for ourselves facilitates extending that same compassion to those who hurt us.