Letting sleeping dogs awaken

I know I’m supposed to 

forgive
           and
forget. 




I'm all for forgiving.
But forgetting...

....I think is often misunderstood.

Surely, the “forgetting” part doesn’t mean 

“ignoring”? 

If 

Christ ignored the pain He went through during the Atonement, what kind of situation would that put us in? 

He needs to remember and reflect on those things that shaped Him into the Son of God, and 

I 

need to remember those things that shaped me into 

Karen today. 

It’s ok to talk about them, what happened, and how they affected me. It’s ok to re-experience the pain and emotions. 

 What’s the point of forgetting the learning and just trying to retain the lesson? 
That doesn't work.

Ignoring what happened ignores the part of 

Karen

that 

conquered

them.