Real Forgiveness

You can't forgive when you are angry, can you? Well, you can't truly forgive. Forgiveness is not stuffing down the anger, the "proper" thing to do, so that you can be "generous" and "bestow" forgiveness to the other person. Neither person benefits from this false forgiveness. Forgiveness means to truly look past it, to truly be done with it. It releases both people. If you have anger over what happened, which is highly likely, the anger must be recognized, expressed (doesn't have to be to the face of the other person), and released. Then the God space within you opens up for true forgiveness. This is how you truly help yourself and the other person.