I am discouraged and feeling rather hopeless.  I know a primary reason to forgive is to restore a broken relationship.  Yet, this no longer is possible for me.  Can you help me see the value of forgiveness under this situation of a hopelessly broken relationship?

Reasons for forgiveness go beyond only a restored relationship.  You can forgive because it is good in and of itself.  You can forgive to rid yourself of resentment. You can forgive to pass the insights on how to forgive to your children.  Thus, even if a restored relationship is not possible, you still may forgive if you choose to do this.  Our research shows that as people forgive, their sense of hope increases in a statistically-significant way.  You need not remain with a sense of hopelessness.

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