Why is “forgive and forget” often brushed off as naïve? Idealistic approach? Bookish? Only highly aligned humans are capable of?
I don’t think it is — not when the heart is in the right place.
Letting go isn’t easy. It never is and will not be — it asks something profound of us—something raw and honest.
Unfiltered.
But with the right intention, all is possible.
Life, in so many ways, is a quiet collection of karmas, invisible and some very obvious we carry from the past and add on by our present — some light, and some so unbearably heavy, they weigh down our very being.
And maybe, just maybe, forgiveness is how we begin to put some of it down.
Yes, something happened.
Confusion. Anger. Disappointment.
It hurt. It pierces. It stings.
Most importantly, it leaves a mark.
Perhaps it was an old karmic debt that needed to be resolved.
But it’s done now. It’s over.
You’ve felt it and faced it.
You’ve carried it far enough.
So why keep sitting in the storm? Why keep staring at the shadow? Why keep sitting in the silhouette of what was?
~Forgive—not because anyone asked for it, or even deserves it— but because you do. Yes, you do!
~Forget— allow the incident to fade, not the learning and insight.
Let it blur at the edges. Let the memory loosen its grip.
Feel whole again. There is calm waiting on the other side.
Because forgiveness doesn’t mean forgetting who you are — it means remembering who you want to be — finally coming home to yourself.
And trust me, there’s nothing more freeing than that.
Try it for yourself to breathe lighter.
And who knows? Letting go could just brighten things up—and maybe even bring a smile or two.
Liberating.
~forever grateful,
monika
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