I am not so much furious with the individual who treated me unfairly as I am hurt. Does this mean I don’t have to forgive because I’m not angry?
One reason why we forgive is that psychological damage from long-standing anger is beginning to affect us. As a second reason why we forgive, we do so for the benefit of the other person or to give that person another chance. As a third reason, forgiveness is a moral virtue, and we do this to show respect and even love to the other. You can forgive for points 2 and 3 above. Furthermore, unaddressed hurt can slowly lead to anger which can turn to resentment or even hatred. As a result, you can be stopping the possible emergence of this anger from happening as you forgive.
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