How can forgiving be easier for me?

10 tips to forgive more easily (Life in Christ, 2022):

1. Think that you were not harmed that much by what happened to you.

2. Think all the good things that have happened to you, even by the person who now harmed you.

3. Count all the times that you have received mercy and blessings from God, when you did not deserve it.

4. Thank God for the forgiveness that He has offered to you.

5. Pray for the person who treated you badly.

6. Search for an opportunity to help the person who treated you badly.

7. Try to surprise the person who harmed you with a good action towards him or show him your good intent.

8. When you are remembering the bad thing that happened to you, try to counter it with a good thought or action.

9. If what happened to you was very bad, try to forget it by thinking other pleasant things before going to bed at night.

10. Repeat the phrase “And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us”.

References

Life in Christ (2022). This advice will teach you to forgive. [video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05UNlrINOMg [Accessed 5 May 2022].