"Time heals all wounds"

I like what you said there, Mike. That does make a lot of sense. Thanks for the input!

@mikalf Just my experience after losing my mum. Still pretty raw after 7 years or so but easier than the first year.

@Mike197602 Sorry to hear about your mum. And I do agree with that definitely. It still hurts but not as painful as it was when it just happened.

@mikalf - It's not so much the mistake as whether or not you want to break ties with that person. That's why it says “love covers a multitude of sins”. But, speaking as a disciple of Christ, to take it a step further … our example is Jesus. He was being nailed to the cross and asking for those who delivered Him up to be forgiven. So! If anybody thinks they have an excuse to hold back on forgiveness, they really don't. Not IF they compare themselves with Jesus. The quicker you can forgive someone, the sooner you can go on with your own life. Also, carrying that hurt and anger around is really a huge burden on you. Keep in mind that forgiveness doesn't necessarily change the person who is forgiven or anything that the person has done. They may likely turn around and do what they did again or do something even worse. We forgive men their trespasses so that our heavenly Father will forgive us. That may sound like selfish reasons but since it will keep me out of hell fire, I forgive and move on. We are discussing matters of eternity. If the wrongdoer doesn't want to repent, I let God deal with him or her. It's out of my hands. You can only save your own soul. You can't save nobody else. When it comes to Christianity, your own soul salvation hangs on whether or not you forgive the sins of others just like Jesus did. It's the difference between heaven and hell.

It depends on the mistake that was made, right. That's what makes it easy or difficult to forgive and/or forget.

@cmoneyspinner Well, sometimes you don't decide if you want to keep that person in your life. You just have to do it because of what he/she did. So it really depends on the mistake that was done. But as always, it depends on the person and the situation one is in. So one case will differ from the other. And I agree with what you said about Jesus. We all should learn and know how to forgive. I was not saying that we shouldn't forgive. I was asking if Time does help in Healing Wounds. Forgiving someone for a mistake done is not being questioned.

@mikalf Welcome .

Some things just can't be forgotten, right? Thanks, rebel_woman06 for your thoughts in this!

@mikalf My pleasure to serve you.

Okay, George! Thanks for sharing. Haha!

@Deepizzaguy Hahahah! =p

lol...forgetting is not the only way to heal.

@ms1864 I agree. As you said, so we don't make the same mistakes again!

That's a good way to look at it, Manisha. I keep hearing from other people that I should forget as I forgive. But sometimes, I just can't forget. Haha!

@mikalf Yes! Positive vibes! ^_^

I agree with that, Ritika. Just positive vibes. ;-)

Yes, some mistakes are just easy to forgive and forget just like that. Correct?

Oh of course not! I was thinking of personal daily things as the mistakes mentioned here. Those are in a whole different league.

Yes, it depends on how we choose and how to react about the mistake. Thanks lini!

Yes, true! Since we mature as we go along and we can make more sense of the things that happened before. I love this, I'm learning from you guys! Thanks, Cool!

@mikalf yup. You are right.

Hahahah! Some people are more, ummm, sensitive I guess?

Well said, Michael! ;-) I most definitely agree with you on that!