Forgiveness – the key to beautiful relationships

How often have you told yourself “ I will never forgive him for this” or “he just cannot do this to me”? All of us have, more often than not, been unforgiving, angry and probably very arrogant towards people, sometimes even to those who love us. You may have been happily married for years and suddenly you learn your partner is having an illicit relationship, the anger wells up, you really feel lonely and cheated. You have children and wonder how they are going to cope with the situation. You either go into depression or take some hasty step of simply walking out of your marriage. To ask you to forgive at that stage may seem more than foolish but always go with your heart. It could be that your partner is really sorry or he suddenly got caught in the trap or he never meant to ditch you. If he really feels sorry about his affair and says so then graciously forgive and kindly do not keep reminding him in every fight what he did to you.

Forgiveness is truly an art, not only in a husband wife relationship but in almost every other relationship. How often have your children hurt you by going their own way, but a loving mother or father’s heart will always go out for their children. Sometimes the wound becomes so deep that it seems it cannot be healed. But love covers all faults so if the relationship is truly built on love it will definitely last forever.

In any love relationship never have an accusing spirit. Never use abusive language. It is wise not to fight in front of the children.

If your marriage relationship is at the brink of divorce, try the art of forgiveness or if your boyfriend has left you try to make up. A great saint once said, I walk this way only once…and yes how true it is…Life is too special and precious to be wasted quarrelling and fighting and nurturing heartbreaks. Keep yourself open to corrections, accept your faults, learn to say sorry, never be egoistic always try to have a good relationship with people and more so your spouse, you’ll surely find life is more meaningful than before.