To have the ability to forgive great wrongs done to us is something many people struggle with. To finally accept that continuing to harbor the same negative feelings against the person or group that has done us wrong comes with great liberation and peace if we have the courage to do so. When we think of forgiveness we don’t usually think of it as being something that we do for ourselves but this is exactly  what we experience to be true and research has shown this to be the case.

“The benefits of forgiveness are greatest for those who are doing the forgiving”

To show you just how significant the personal benefits are of forgiveness for your own self, below are some statistics:

• 70% decrease in feelings of hurt
• 27% reduction in physical symptoms of stress, including backache, headache and stomach pain
• 27% reduction in physical symptoms related to sleeplessness, listlessness and dizziness
• 13% reduction in long-term experience of anger
• 35% increase in the level of forgiveness for the person who caused them pain

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