If I forgive, should I expect all of my inner pain to melt away or will there be some residual pain if the injustice against me is profound?

Many people, when treated extremely unfairly, can have some pain, such as residual anger, that stays with them. Yet, the inner unrest, the inner anger, no longer is intense.  As one person said to me,”My anger used to control me, but now I am in control of my anger.” Continuing to forgive, even for years, is not unreasonable when treated cruelly.  Yet, the forgiveness process becomes easier and takes less time as you continue to practice this moral virtue.

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