It is an unbreakable mental law that you have to forgive others if you want to demonstrate over your difficulties and to make any real spiritual progress.
The vital importance of forgiveness may not be obvious at first sight, but you may be sure that it is not by chance that every great spiritual teacher from Jesus Christ downward has insisted so strongly upon it.
You must forgive injuries, not just in words, or as a matter of form, but in your heart; and that is the long and the short of it. You do this, not for the other person’s sake, but for your own sake. Resentment, condemnation, anger, desire to see someone punished are things that rot your soul. Such things fasten your troubles to you with rivets. They fetter you to many other problems that actually have nothing whatever to do with the original grievances themselves.
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing (1 Peter 3: 9).
Brothers and sisters, we alone hold the key to that which shackles us to our wrongs, hurts, injustices and grievances. Forgiveness, more than any other act, eliminates negativity from our lives and makes room in our gardens for beauty. No matter how justified our anger, how hurt we are, how badly we were treated or how unfairly punished, we are our own prison keeper; only we can keep this dungeon locked.
Today, let us free ourselves form the dank, dark catacombs of resentment, bitterness and anger. Today, throw open the doors that block us from our gardens by rendering good for evil and by releasing ourselves form our anger. Then, revel in the freedom, power, and peace of life freed form the yoke.
Rendering love,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
Forgiveness is a powerful force, Truly forgiving when wronged, we are more like Jesus than with almost anything else we can do. Can’t help but wonder how much mental illness would be alleviated with this single simple action.
Another technique to help us accomplish the difficult task of forgiveness is to start counting how many times we have been forgiven. Usually one does not have to count very long before the forgiveness we seek to give becomes a reality.
Peace,
Z