It can be confusing when you don’t think you should still be mad, but you still feel mad as hell. Here are signs you’re not ready to accept an apology and just want to be mad.
Hindsight is, in fact, 20/20 and while it may seem like a good idea to just move forward and leave the past where it is when you have a revelation that you've wronged someone, returning to that person and apologizing is probably an even better idea.
Decisional forgiveness is really only a surface-level kind of forgiveness. Emotional forgiveness is much harder to achieve.
On The Breakfast Club, Nia Long spoke about burying her late father, Doughtry Long, and what she learned about him and herself through his passing.
Bobby and Cheryl Love's story, as detailed by Humans of New York, is one we've heard time and time again: a Black woman suffers greatly while a Black man gets himself together. And while it is a testament to the power of love and forgiveness. It's not romantic.
There will be times in life when you have to apologize to someone you can’t stand and with whom you do not agree on anything, but for somebody else’s sake. For example, you may need to apologize to your stepparent, when you did nothing wrong, just because having you two fight is breaking your biological parent’s heart.
During a recent sit down with Tamron Hall, Erica Campbell shared learning of Warryn's infidelity and how they worked through it.
It's important to explore whether or conditions surrounding love keep us from experiencing love.
"I knew if I didn't forgive, my work with you would be tainted..."
She’d talk and talk and talk about herself for the whole hangout. She wouldn’t ask about you. She was just fixating on…her breakup or…her fight with her mom. Honestly, learning how to have a balanced conversation is a skill that some people just take a while to pick up. But if this friend had a good heart, it could be worth checking in and seeing if she’s changed. You could also gently tell her she talks to damn much.
The star, who is happily remarried and living in Switzerland, said that it took years, but she has made peace with Ike in her own way.
What lessons have you learned from the people who hurt you?