When we enter into transforming relationship with one another, it is only a reflection of the transforming communion God establishes with us. And the forgiveness we manage to offer one another is only a reflection of the forgiveness God offers us through Jesus Christ. Love transforms with redemptive power. I'll alter you. The aim is to convert.
Forgiveness is a process, and it requires great patience.
Prayer is very much a help. Trying, and praying that I might. Forgiveness is never brought to completion. We never get to the end of it. Seven times simply isn't enough.