Angel, I feel you on this one. Ok, the apology thing... I used to have MAJOR problems apologizing when I was wrong. I've been able to work through that and I feel that now I absolutely should apologize when I'm wrong. I try not to hold grudges when someone has angered/wronged me. It isn't always easy. I may accept the apology even when I'm still mad at the person. How long I'm mad depends on the lever of anger/wrong that was done. There's no real time limit. Sometimes it's very hard to accept an apology, especially if the one who hurt you is someone that you care for because it hurts more coming from that person. As far as forgiveness goes... well, that's not an easy thing either. To me forgiveness is being able to look the person that hurt/wronged you in the eye and say to them "What you did to me is unacceptable, but I'm past it. I hold no ill will towards you and I hope that we can move on from it and remain friends/family/whatever." This is an issue that I'm having a hard time dealing with. There are two people who have hurt me so very badly and I just can't seem to forgive them. One has apologized and prays that I'll someday forgive him but I just can't seem to. In therapy, we're talking about this very issue. I'm trying to learn how to do this so that I can resume a "normal" (if there is such a word) life... one without anger or hatred or fear. I know that forgiveness is the right thing to do so I'm trying to learn how. I hope that this answers some of your questions and I wish you luck in this. Much love.

Ryan