Do you know how to forgive and forget?

Philippines
January 27, 2007 1:48am CST
Forgive and forget. I always think of this cliche whenever I'm mad or lonely. I forgive them easily and forget what happened. Not literally forget, as in you forget the whole thing that happened. Forget by means of not raising the issue again when you talk, and forget the anger/loneliness that you've felt before. Do you know how to forgive and forget?
6 responses
• Philippines
11 Feb 07
We can forgive but not at all times forget also. As long as we have memory, we cannot just forget as we so desire. We also have subconsciousness, and what happened may still be there even if we consciously forget. Forgiving is different from forgetting. But what we forgive should no longer be the subject matter of arguments or heated discussions.
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• United States
27 Jan 07
I can forgive and forget though sometimes anger and jealousy or frustrations get in the way of that sometimes. It seems as I get older it has become easier but it does become more complicated as well. It's hard to imagine but most of the people I know easily forgive but never forget. Generally past "bad" situations are brought up again as well and it seems as if though you were forgiven, these situations weren't fully resolved. It may seem that I do forgive and forget, though I guess things do get the best of me...
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@marciascott (25529)
• United States
19 Feb 07
Yes i do know how to forgive and forget. I forgive but I don't forget. that's a nice way to put it. my sister holds grudges. for a long time she wouldn't speak too me for about 6 mos.
• Philippines
11 Feb 07
I know how to forgive but I don't know how to forget. I could not just erase something embedded there in my mind. We still have our mental faculties intact as we are still alive and so it's difficult to forget.
@vertex (803)
• Philippines
27 Jan 07
Yes everyone of us know. It is just our pride that keep up away from it but its better to forgive.
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• Canada
18 Feb 07
I can honestly say that I do only if this is resolved. When both parties want to resolve whatever issue is before them, I've found its the only time you can forget it ever happened. If only of you, are willing to resolve the issue, then naturally you have a problem.