I believe in forgiving and forgetting; I believe that everyone should forgive and should be given the opportunity to be forgiven. I think that when you can forgive someone for what ever they did to you that you as a person is mature and courageous. To me it takes courage to forgive.

   I believe that forgiving someone is easier than being mad and holding a grudge. This is because when you are mad at someone, deep down inside it is tearing you apart, and your heart is not freed of the situation or of the thing that hurt you.

I remember when my sister had a friend whose boyfriend was very nice and loving and caring and just a great guy. Her friend found out one day that he had cheated on her, he tried to make it right and apologize. She broke up with him and was furious at him. She was always thinking about him and talking about him, she just couldn’t get him off her mind. It was about 2 months later when my sister finally told her that he had apologized, and that she should just let it go and forgive him because it will never be right unless she does. She finally did and her heart isn’t as bare.

  I believe that you should forgive but never forget. This is because when you forgive someone that means that they aren’t going to do what ever they have done to you again, and you should not forget what you forgave them of. Sometimes when people claim to have forgiven other people of what ever they’ve done they sometimes show signs that they really haven’t. I know this because my brother had a friend who he told everything to, he trusted him alot. My brother told him about something that his girlfriend told him and it was very important that no one knew. Well eventually my brothers friend tells another boy about it and people start to find out. When my brother finds out he completely cuts off his friend and they are not really friends anymore. I told him that he should just forgive him because it isn’t worth it. So my brother takes it in to consideration and forgives his friend. But now my brother doesn’t tell him anything at all that no one else knows. I believe that he hasn’t really forgiven him because it is suppose to be over, and done with. Also my brother still brings up the situation and why he doesn’t tell him anything anymore, that shows me that he isn’t over it.

 I believe that if you claim to have forgiven someone that you should just leave it alone and not bring it up. When I forgive someone I forgive you, im not going to hold it against you but I also am not going to forget it so that it wont happen again.