Three Releasing Exercises Forgiveness is releasing yourself from the past and facing the future with a renewed sense of freedom. Put more bluntly, forgiveness is freedom. Why is it easier for us to hate than it is to forgive. Because we humans are strange creatures. We'd rather be resentful and right, than forgiving and free.
Anger is a moral emotion.
You don't want to let go of your resentments because you are consumed with a desire for justice. To ask these question is proof that the meaning of forgiveness is not understood. Forgiveness is not granted as a response to a promise that bad will never happen to you again. Forgiveness simply means you accept the other person as he is, and you love him the way he is. Forgiveness means that you do not judge him.