Forgiveness should be the easiest thing we ever do, but it is often the reverse.

Forgiveness is the gift we give to ourselves.

And the reason that it should be easy for us to forgive is because we are all fallible human beings.  In other words, I can safely say we all need forgiving from time to time.

It becomes difficult when hyper-emotions are involved.

Being Italian I can share horror stories (that some of you may be able to second) where decades go by without people dealing with the issues that come between them.

When I was a young boy attending my first family funeral, I can still picture one of my relatives throwing herself on the dead body in the casket of a person with whom she harbored an ongoing contentious relationship only to be restrained by several attendants.  (I’m still damaged by that virtual video in my brain).

We can forgive even when the other person is not interested in receiving it – we just do it and feel free.

We can forgive without conditions when another person seeks it because, as Dr. Amit Sood says, all of us are vulnerable to ignorant thoughts.

But most importantly, forgiveness is the gift we give ourselves and others for being human – without conditions.

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