Forgiving Others

We continue with our April blog theme of Fools and Forgiveness. Last week I wrote about forgiving yourself…and this week will be on forgiving others.

One of the hardest parts of my job is encouraging my clients to “forgive” the other person for the horrible things they caused in the lives of my clients. I’ve heard many awful, horrific, painful things that my clients have suffered through. They often opt not to tell me what those things are…but I can see the tears stream down their face as they begin to process or re-process the memories in order to let go of the crap memories that hold them back. One step on the road to healing within is to “forgive” the other person(s) for what they’ve done.