Those who hurt others often do not fully perceive the damage they cause. Even without explicit intention, they leave a mark that endures. However, I bear no grudge against those who have hurt me. On the contrary, I bless them with conviction. This is not a rhetorical formula, but a sincere acknowledgement: their presence in my history, although adverse, has contributed to my development. It was in those difficult moments that I learned to pray, and in prayer I discovered guidance and meaning. I understood that adapting does not imply giving up, but continuity in another form. Each vital fracture became raw material for a new construction. Instead of responding with aggression or violence, I chose to do so from a transformative place. That exercise revealed resources to me that I was unaware of: compassion, firmness, courage, resilience, strength.
Forgiving is not a favor to the other person, it is an act of respect for oneself. Holding on to resentment requires an energy that, over time, becomes corrosive. Reliving the wound repeatedly offers no protection: it tires and weakens. Forgiving does not mean forgetting, it implies restoring inner balance and freeing oneself from the weight that prevents progress.
Time is a limited resource. Spending it feeding anger impoverishes it. Therefore, learning to do without resentment is a genuine expression of strength. Taking away the other’s power to hurt us is an affirmation of autonomy. Not every word or every gesture should disturb one’s own stability. Excessive sensitivity to the judgment of others ends up shackling.
Regulate your expectations without losing confidence. Keeping faith is not naivety, it is a form of courage. Wounds should not determine the way we choose to love. It is necessary to leave behind that which no longer accompanies the journey. Move forward with determination. Let your actions express that, although they tried to bring you down, they did not succeed. Because those who are sustained from within do not collapse in the face of external aggression.
Those who have been blessed cannot be defeated from outside. Betrayal can present itself as victory, but it does not reach those who remain inwardly strong. That stability does not depend on external factors and cannot be destroyed from there. There are bonds with oneself that disloyalty cannot break.
Move forward. Don’t give your peace to darkening emotions. Neither hatred nor anger deserve to occupy the space where clarity, serenity and meaning could develop. It is not a question of repressing what you feel, but of allowing emotions to manifest and fade away. Don’t let them take root where calm can still flourish, where peace is possible, where love awaits.
Prabhuji
