My mind gets stuck from time to time. Something happens or someone says something, and my brain refuses to let it go. Even if distracted for a time, I home back in on that one element, ruminating about it. If it hits a particularly sore area or is significantly embarrassing, I might come back to it for years--decades even.
I wonder if this is one of the reasons that I have a tendency to hold on to grudges for so long. Although the actual event might have taken place long ago, for me it still seems recent because, in a sense, I may have relived it just that day. This is likely why forgiveness is so important, and not just forgiveness of others, but forgiveness for ourselves. Certainly, in my case, in many of those events that replay in my mind, the person responsible is me.
I wonder if this is one of the reasons that I have a tendency to hold on to grudges for so long. Although the actual event might have taken place long ago, for me it still seems recent because, in a sense, I may have relived it just that day. This is likely why forgiveness is so important, and not just forgiveness of others, but forgiveness for ourselves. Certainly, in my case, in many of those events that replay in my mind, the person responsible is me.
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