The Wisdom of Not Forgetting: When Boundaries Become Bridges to Peace

You're sitting there, wrestling with something deep inside.

That familiar tension between what you think you should feel and what you actually feel. Maybe it's about someone who hurt you, someone who broke your trust in a way that left invisible scars.

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Society tells us we should forgive and forget. But what if there's wisdom in remembering? What if some boundaries aren't walls we need to tear down, but bridges to our own peace?

There's a profound difference between forgiveness and trust. Between letting go of anger and letting down your guard. Between loving someone and letting them close again.

Epictetus once said, "It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters." But perhaps there's something even deeper here – it's not just how we react in the moment, but how we honor our own truth moving forward.

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