How to forgive with forgetting?

@jeiyah_12 (1041)
Philippines
March 24, 2009 9:59am CST
It's one of the hardest thing for me to do, my pride is quite high so up to now my friend and I aren't still okay. I really feel bad about her and also with our fellow friends, I felt like all of them blames me and thinks I'm the prime suspect and not the victim. I hate it, they all come from a one place and they have the same language I feel that they're more on sticking together rather than befriend me again. Should I lower my pride and pretend everything's alright? I can't do it especially when I know I didn't made any mistakes. Help me! What will I do?
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9 responses
• China
25 Mar 09
Be yourself and keep your pride.But I think you should change your way to communication.If one misunderstood you,it's his matter.But many people misunderstood you,it must be some problems of yourself.Just my view.
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@Yori88 (1465)
• Philippines
25 Mar 09
Sometimes the best thing to do to settle an argument or misunderstanding is learning how to lower your pride. Almost all people have prides but the difference is that we all differ when it comes to the level of pride we have. Sometimes our having a high pride is because most people make us feel weak or they let us feel they are more supreme than us. It is very hard to lower your pride especially when you had a bad experience wherein you tried once to admit the fault and then the person you were asking forgiveness into just laugh at you or ignore you. He or she even reiterated to you how damn you are or how you were so idiot with what you did. We all got hurt and we all have hurt people. Now regarding the main topic of how to forgive with forgetting, it is a very hard thing to do. It's like saying "remove my brain" because as long as we live and as long as we have a good memory, forgetting is nearly impossible to do. I knew that because even if I try so hard to forget something it just won't go away. The best solution so far is just to keep all the physical and non-physical things that could make you forget a past. It is also advisable not to talk anything about that past nor see anything related to that past you want to forget. But then again all of these are just temporary remedies because we have a brain. If we forget everything then it is amnesia which does not happen is just a single day or you just wishing for it to happen. Anyway past are still past. We should just move on and keep our mind busy so that we could escape from thinking of bad things that had happened. We may not be able to forget but we could keep ourselves busy and remove our interest on talking about sad pasts. Move on and keep on forgiving as long as your heart desires it!
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
25 Mar 09
why do you ask us if you can do it, when you say you can't, so move on, and find new friends, there is a big world out there and there are a lot of people. Find friends that support you and understand you
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@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
25 Mar 09
it is easy to forgive but not hat easy to forget. though you didnt really tell what was it all about. i am once married and walked out on my husband seven years ago and i still dont know if i forgave him already but i know i will never forget. if it is worth to lower your pride then that is for you to decide. if you feel like they are not worth then go on and move on. i am sure you will stil find some friends (good once) along the way. friends suppose to help each other not taking sides. just my view
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@mialei23 (2385)
• Philippines
25 Mar 09
For me, to forgive is easy but to forget definitely it's hard. Everybody has to experience pain and learned from it. Forgiving is like lessen your burden in life, If you forgive you will be enlighten and you can start all over again.
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• China
25 Mar 09
i'm sorry that i can't help you, because i don't know what happened between you and your friends. but i really have a advice to you, that is be friendly no matter what happened to your friend, for they are still friend when you called them.
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
25 Mar 09
JUst got to be yourself no matter what they will soon know that you didnt do a thing!
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@sirrob (4108)
• Philippines
24 Mar 09
It's hard to decide when you don't really know the whole story and the exact scenario that happened. It is not that we don't trust you with what you are saying here but sometimes decisions and ideas could be affected and clouded with emotions that may have a different result in the end. I want to help yet difficult when there ain't enough information at hand.
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@alboca (17)
• United States
25 Mar 09
would you like to be forgiven in you were in their shoes? if YES, do it. stop thinking about it, stop writing about it online and stop reading what people respond. http://share.your.momentshere.com
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