Disclaimer: This is not my writing. I’m too tired. ChatGPT has perspective. Let’s learn. Forgiveness is the conscious decision to release resentment, anger, or the desire for revenge toward someone (or even yourself) who has caused harm, whether or not they “deserve” it or have apologized. It doesn’t mean excusing or forgetting what happened, but rather freeing yourself from being emotionally bound to the hurt. Here’s what forgiveness often looks like in practice, especially

I really don't want to stay stuck on the same thoughts forever,  and I am working through the painful healing process. However, healing a wounded soul takes time, a long time when the wound was intentional. My current rumination is thinking how you had to destroy my life in order to have her AND you were OK with that. Re-read that. You were OK destroying my life. It doesn't matter why. You should never be OK hurting someone else on purpose, but you were. What happened to frie

This was one of the firsts in what would be a list of unbearable moments, unexpected foreshadowing of what was to come. We had a history of jogging together on the Beltline or around the base of Stone Mountain. We usually started together, but she would often go off on her own for a bit because she was much faster and fitter. Nevertheless, it always felt like we did it as a team. In 2019 when I ran my first 5k, she ran super slow right by my side, and it meant everything to m