Power of Forgiveness Your browser does not support Scripting. You will need to turn JavaScript on in the Options of your browser or update your browser to a newer version in order to be able to navigate this site. My goal is not to advise, condemn, or bring any further hurt, but to share with you from my heart what I ve learned about forgiveness in my own recovery process.
Forgiveness can be very frightening, just as anger can be.
For some of us, it can take years to face our anger and find expression for it. It becomes our life-line, our protector, our friend. We can believe that letting go of it and forgiving will make us vulnerable to being re-victimized, or will discount or minimize what happened to us. We may also see it as letting our abusers off the hook. In my opinion, forgiveness has just as important a part in our recovery as anger and can be just as empowering.