I work at forgivness each day... Forgivness is a Decision... I use the light dimmer switch as my example... As you turn the light dimmer switch clockwise the light gets brighter and brighter... Once you make the decision to forgive...you have to slowly turn the dimmer switch clockwise each week/month and eventually the forgivness process gets brighter and brighter... Once we make the decision to forgive...the process is not instantaneous...it takes awhile... Forgivness is a gift we give ourselves, but our mate and children and whole family benefit from the forgivness process. I hope this helps.