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shraby

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1. You need to not only forgive, you need to forget. Tell yourself you don't have time to

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Mon May 22, 2017, 12:47 AM

May 2017

waste dwelling on it and change the subject immediately in your mind. Think of something pleasant you can remember.
Pretty soon by not giving bad thoughts a place in your mind, the memory will get dimmer. It may never go away, but it will be a distant memory.
Don't give that person power over your thoughts. Take charge and consciously put it out of your mind each and every time.

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The Compassion Files: Forgiveness [View all] Tobin S. May 2017 OP

You need to not only forgive, you need to forget. Tell yourself you don't have time to shraby May 2017 #1

He's renting space in your head for free and he couldn't care less. He's not spending a second onecaliberal May 2017 #2

I think you are doing fine, just over thinking the problem. safeinOhio May 2017 #3

I think that sometimes it is hard to move on. madaboutharry May 2017 #4