If I had forgiven that woman the day I apologized to her, I'd have been free of the incident on the spot. Instead I had elected to carry the humiliation with me. She had doubtless forgotten the whole thing in an hour, but I had lived with it for twenty-five needless years. Now I remember it, but I do not suffer for it, because I have forgiven it. And the moral of the story is, you must forgive others for your sake, not theirs.
Resentment is a prison of one's own making.
Forgiveness is the key to freedom. Reproduction and distribution specifically prohibited. All rights reserved. Melisa Michaels is the author of the science fiction novels Skirmish , First Battle , Last War , Pirate Prince , Floater Factor , and Far Harbor , the fantasy novels Cold Iron and Sister to the Rain , and the mystery novel Through the Eyes of the Dead.