Forgiveness

I think that forgiveness is one of the more important skills to have when it comes to a friendship and when it comes to family. I think that most people deserve a second chance, and being able to forgive those that do deserve it, makes you a pretty strong person.
There are certain cases, for sure, when a person should not, under any circumstance, receive peoples' forgiveness. A few people (at least in my mind) that don't deserve second chances: Hitler, Bin Laden, Joseph Koni. These are all people that have caused harm to people on such massive levels that to me, forgiving them seems almost impossible. When I talk about forgiveness being the better decision, I'm thinking more everyday incidents, like a break up, an argument, your friend stealing your shirt and never giving it back... Stuff like that. Even for more serious stuff, like the way your parents treated you or undermined you, like in The Glass Castle, I think that people can look back on those events and no matter how mad they are at their parents for being like that, they could say that they learned something and they are the person that they are today because of them.
I have never been through something in my life that I can't look back on a think you myself 'you know what? All in all, that wasn't an awful experience, in fact, I even had some fun and learned some stuff.' And even if i didn't have fun, I LEARNED. You live and you learn, and without those bad people, the ones that you think you hate, you wouldn't be where you are today. So thank them, forgive them! If you hate them, forget them, but not without forgiving and letting go, first. And who knows, after forgiving them you may realize that they did have a pretty big impact on your life and you're pretty glad they did what they did. Who would you be today without them?