The human person is a highly emotional being, and it is almost impossible for a human to exist without being offended or offending others. What one should do then is to learn to live with the fact that being offended by people is a norm, that could probably help one ensure a sound mind.
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Forgiveness for many humans is a very difficult task, but if one must learn to live a happy and fulfilled life, he or she must attain a state where forgiveness becomes the most easy of all action. I myself have not completely attained that state, but that neither changes my ideology nor the fact that I do all that is in my power to live up to that. Forgiveness truly is a very difficult act, but it is the right thing to do, and that is my position in this matter.
Why should one forgive? The question why should one forgive is quite deeper than an ordinary random question. It can in fact be rephrased as, what do I gain by forgiving him or her? That fact that one do not gain any physical value by forgiving another is given, but it is still not entirely useless to forgive. If one must be in a right state of mind, he/she must learn to forgive. If one fails to forgive, it implies that he or she would be emotionally troubled when ever his or her supposed enemy surfaces. When one forgives, he or she completely let go of the pains that came along with the ill actions of the offender, the person in question completely frees him/herself emotionally.
Letting go... Notwithstanding the fact that forgiveness is the right thing to do, one must not allow himself to be hurt over and over again all in the name of forgiveness. No matter how much a person must have hurt you, forgiveness remains the right thing to do, but distancing yourself from the person in question would not in anyway be out of place. Forgiveness is never an easy task since it has to do with completely getting through the hurts that have been inflicted by the offender, but it must be done if one must be completely free. One must learn to forgive even as he/she distances him/herself from the one who inflicts pains on him/her, he/she must let go of the former pains. But still, it is never an easy task.
Forgive for your own sake One of the most amazing thing that forgiveness does is that it enables you relate with the offender like he/she never did anything to you, it completely heals your mind. It is on this note that one does him/herself more favor by forgiving. If the offender really feels remorseful for his/her actions, it is natural for him/her to think you have done him/her a greater favor by forgiving, but that is certainly not the case. Beyond just freeing the offender from his ill actions, forgiveness is healing to the one who forgives. By being offended, an emotional injury is being inflicted on you. You can only heal by allowing yourself forgive. It is only by that that you free yourself from the pains that have been inflicted.
Conclusion The joy that comes with being at peace in the mind is deserved by all. Thus, as you do all that is in power to ensure your physical health, you must also ensure your emotional health too. Holding onto the pains that was brought upon you by others can be really harmful to your emotional health and one should do all that is in his/her power to abort that even if it means getting help.
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