Forgiveness

Julie Ballantyne Brown
5 min readDec 20, 2021

A never-ending struggle

Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash

I have trouble with big forgiveness.

Forgiveness is essential for mental and emotional wellbeing. We know this, I know this. It’s a sentiment touted by everyone from Oprah to every psychologist ever. Forgiveness is not supposed to be about pardoning the offender, it’s about letting go of the hurt, the anger, the pain from the wrong done. It’s supposed to be freeing and healing, letting one…

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Julie Ballantyne Brown

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