Forgive and Forget

She wanted to move on with her life and let bygones be bygones.  Fuhgeddaboudit would become her new motto, as she decided to leave all the unpleasantries in the past.  Everything that has happened, was part of her past and she was ready for a new future.  She’d forgiven everyone and emptied her home of all that gave it meaning.  She learned that fate is unsympathetic, and the universe does not stop to morn.  The only chance she has to get any meaning out of her life now will be from treating others with kindness and hating the people that wronged her would be futile.  Her home is empty of all the things that she once valued, but possessions can be replaced, or she could do without them.  Her materialistic tendencies were only an adaptive response that helped her to cope with situations that made her feel anxious and insecure. …