Day 4:something you need to forgive someone for.

I pride myself in forgiveness. When I was a child my parents decided to convert to Antiochian Orthodox and one of the steps in the process was to have confession with a Father from another Orthodox parish. I was nine at the time and had no idea what you were supposed to say in so-called "confession"; moreover, I was nine, and relatively innocent. So I did something confession worthy, and made up a fib. I told the Father I hadn't forgiven my sister for an arguement we had; in that instance, lord knows it was probably about changing the television channel and it wasn't any fight that would call for forgiveness because it was entirely superficial. Nonetheless, the one thing I took away from that confession is that it is a HORRIBLE sin to not forgive. I'm not overly religious, but I do have strong morals and agree with the Father of my childhood that forgiveness is important in life, not for God but for yourself and those you love. Most of the time I don't even like to go to sleep if there is something bugging me; I'd rather just talk it out with whomever I have any ill feelings towards. Life teaches us not everything can be resolved in a day though and I have had my own share of lengthy disagreements, but I cannot recall an instance where I haven't forgiven someone or been too proud to ask for forgiveness. Since my emotions are most strongly tied to those I love I chose to share this picture with my mom and sisters. We are all stubborn women leading very different lives which means the healing process with these women is usually the lengthiest. I love them all dearly though and will always continue to try and build stronger bonds regardless of our differences.