I came upon a nice article and it made me think. Did you notice that elders are sometimes so full of anger? On the caregivers, world, situation, themselves. They can't let it go. Well, maybe they should?
Here is a nice article about how forgiveness can make late life sweeter.
blog.oup/2014/11/forgiveness-gerontology/
scienceclarified/Ga-He/Gerontology.html
abc.au/science/articles/2014/11/13/4127054.htm
When I found this site about 2 years ago, I was able to vent, purge the bitterness within. I thought I was ready to learn to forgive. I bought books, read articles online. And just cannot find it in me to complete those books. Like you, Jessie, I read this yesterday - over and over. Typed, erased, typed, erased, typed, erased. In the end, it remained unposted. Yes, forgiveness is for us - not our offenders. But obviously something is stopping me from learning to forgive. Or maybe I just don't know HOW to forgive. Reading books are one thing. I most likely would need therapy to learn the steps of how to forgive myself first, then to forgive those who hurt me.
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