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<blockquote data-quote="Lothlorien" data-source="post: 73728" data-attributes="member: 1024"><p>MWM</p><p>Just wanted to add in, here, how important it is to let things go. I have an aunt who is so bitter and angry toward her mother, who has been dead since 1983, that it affects her still. She regularly breaks down when she talks about her mother. She feels the need to talk about it regularly too. She is a devout Christian and knows the meaning of forgiveness. She thinks she's forgiven, but she definitely has not. It is a constant source of depression and bitterness for her. She is in her late 60's. </p><p></p><p>I'm setting this example for you, because you don't want to live in the shadow of this experience for the rest of your life. You don't want to end up like my aunt, who, despite having family all around her, is quite lonely and pushes people away, because of her bitterness that stems from this situation from her mother.</p><p></p><p>I know you've gotten a lot of good advice on how to let go and forgive, for your own self. I hope this example of a bitter, old and angry woman helps you see what the end result is from not being able to forgive. I hope you can find a way to let it go. What's done is done and cannot be undone. Wrong or right, you have to go on with your own life and forget about it. She's not in your life anymore to give you anymore heartache. If you let it bother you, then she's succeeded in irritating you long after her death, which is probably the reason she excluded you in the first place. Don't let her have that upper hand anymore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lothlorien, post: 73728, member: 1024"] MWM Just wanted to add in, here, how important it is to let things go. I have an aunt who is so bitter and angry toward her mother, who has been dead since 1983, that it affects her still. She regularly breaks down when she talks about her mother. She feels the need to talk about it regularly too. She is a devout Christian and knows the meaning of forgiveness. She thinks she's forgiven, but she definitely has not. It is a constant source of depression and bitterness for her. She is in her late 60's. I'm setting this example for you, because you don't want to live in the shadow of this experience for the rest of your life. You don't want to end up like my aunt, who, despite having family all around her, is quite lonely and pushes people away, because of her bitterness that stems from this situation from her mother. I know you've gotten a lot of good advice on how to let go and forgive, for your own self. I hope this example of a bitter, old and angry woman helps you see what the end result is from not being able to forgive. I hope you can find a way to let it go. What's done is done and cannot be undone. Wrong or right, you have to go on with your own life and forget about it. She's not in your life anymore to give you anymore heartache. If you let it bother you, then she's succeeded in irritating you long after her death, which is probably the reason she excluded you in the first place. Don't let her have that upper hand anymore. [/QUOTE]
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