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Forgive And Forget?

THE MESSAGE IS drummed into us from childhood: forgive people who’ve wronged you, because it’s the right thing to do. Forgiveness is a virtue, we’re told—the only way for us to truly move on and heal, freed from the baggage of bearing ill will.

Call me unenlightened, but I’m not buying it. Forgiving someone can indeed be a beautiful thing, but

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