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Why It's Not OK To Hold Grudges

Forgive but do not forget.

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You ever just find yourself having beef with people for so long that you forgot why yall don't even like each other in the first place. I found myself in that situation a few times this year.

Recently I have found myself mending things with people who I have had problems with in the past. In some situations I had to forgive the person even if they weren't sorry, but in other situations they were just misunderstandings.

Sometimes when you go to a school with such a small black population, word travels fast, and you can mention someone's name, but not in a bad way. But once the conversation starts flowing and days go by, words can be misconstrued. Then all of a sudden someone says you were talking about that person.

Sometimes people just don't like you for little to no reason, and I have accepted that. Not everyone is going to be or wants to be your friend. This is something you have to deal with. Now you can either handle this like I did last year and entertain the foolishness then this will get you caught up with more mess. Then more people will not like you because of what they heard.

Or you can let it go, forgive but not forget, and move on, because at the end of the day, is that person affecting your pockets, grades or family... no. So just let the situation go, you can have a mature understanding with the person and try to come to a neutral understanding or you can just not speak and keep it pushin'.

Words to the wise, just let the situation go, it's not worth the drama that will come over time.

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