It may tend to be a great feeling to relieve yourself of holding a grudge, by letting go of your pride and opening your heart to forgive a person, if you feel they wronged you, or did something else wrong.
By holding-on to a grudge, one may only be doing harm to him or herself. By letting-go of a grudge, one may become quite liberated. It's easy on the heart, and soothing to the spirit.
However -- What if, forgiveness or letting-go is not really warranted? What if, it is necessary to defend your beliefs and maintain an unforgiving-stance? What if, "turning-the-other-cheek" gets in the way of you maintaining your dignity?
On one hand, it may be liberating and spiritually uplifting to forgive and forget. And, on the other hand -- it may be more sensible and essential for one's maintenance of self-respect, to stand-firm in one's beliefs and don't be do quick to overlook the wrong-doing of others, if one's dignity and self-respect is involved.
Sometimes, it is wiser to use your head -- instead of your heart, when it comes to overlooking, something that should not be forgiven.
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