I’ve got to admit, the past month of my life has been truly excellent. I’ve got all my ducks in a row: senior year has started and it has been phenomenal, my classes are easy, I’ve been hanging out with my friends and family a lot more, my job is going well, and my hunt for internships is finally coming to a close. And, well, that concludes this week’s article!

Just kidding…


I’m not sure if this is a trend in everyone else’s lives, but whenever things are going perfectly, Life kind of likes to shake things up and change up the course a little bit. Well, let’s just say it did.


As of late, I have reconnected with a person that I thought didn’t deserve forgiveness, or my friendship, or anything for that matter. Reconciling with friends didn’t help either. Many said that this person didn’t deserve my time. So, per usual, my life was getting back to its normal state of abnormal.


It is impossible to deny that people are more savage than animals. People do things to each other that are cruel, malice, and extremely hurtful. It is hard to remain level-headed when, for example, someone you like or love says something truly hurtful on a subject that triggers you, or betrays your trust, hurts you mentally or emotionally, or cheats on you. This is unfortunately an unavoidable part of life. In these instances, most may find forgiveness to be impossible. In fact, I’m thinking of all the people I currently hold resentment towards, and it is all so burdensome and unnecessary. Ultimately, I came to two conclusions:

Forgiveness starts with you and only you and forgiveness is a journey.


Life is full of millions and millions of moments. Some of them are truly fantastic, but I think that people tend to focus on the negatives. And in these moments where people are focused on the negatives—how they were betrayed, how they were hurt, how they weren’t appreciated like how they should have been—all these harbored emotions do nothing than detract from you and who you are as a person. This isn’t something I’m interested in doing anymore. There is nothing healthy about bottling up these emotions of anger and bitterness when you can begin acceptance and compassion after the words “I forgive you.”