Thank you all for your insight. Very well put! Especially when it comes to clarifying the difference between letting go and forgiving. I’ve heard terms like “let it go” all the time growing up but it’s been overused so much it’s lost its meaning until now. But I guess it’s the process of releasing raw emotions and processing them before we take on more sophisticated processes of relational healing. I guess it’s something that leads to forgiveness, and not the other way around. And I agree with our need to be selective with both processes. For example why would I forgive someone who is an abusive partner who refuses to change their ways? And forgiveness residing with hypocrisy is also a fruitless effort. I mentioned “throwing yourself back into harmful people” since I’ve seen YouTube stories of people who have forgiven others for terrible acts of violence, yet both the offender and victim remain friends, but I think that’s because both parties decided to change their ways for the better, unlike those who don’t ever know the consequences of their actions. Thank you so much again for replying!!