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Jesus said to turn the other cheekHe also said to forgive 7 times 70Easy for Him to sayHe was GodOr at least the son of GodHow do I get to the placeWhere I forgive thoseWho disrespect me and malign meThose who could care less about my feelingsYet I still care about theirsWhy is forgiveness so hardWhy does it take so much out of youWhy is it easier to hold on to a grudgeRather than to let it goAm I doing something wrongIf it is true that we are to love othersAs we love ourselvesAnd we stay mad at ourselvesFor our misdeeds and misdoingIs it realistic to easily forgive someoneIf you extend the olive branchOf friendship and kindness and forgivenessAnd it is not returnedShould you really keep tryingEven if you feel it is a lost causeOr will persistence win the dayWith the honesty and sincerity of wordsBe recognized and acknowledgedFollowed by a reasonable attemptTo let bygones be bygonesIs this one of the famous battlesBetween head and heartWith both having opposing viewsBut the same hold on your psycheNeither winning, neither losingSometimes I wonderIf our lack of ability to forgiveIs truly more rooted in ourBruised ego and hurt feelingsPerhaps the pain we feel is comfortingIf I were to release my anger and my painOnly to be knocked againWho becomes the bigger foolMe for tryingOr them for doingI wish that such matters were as easyAs a game of tic-tac-toeOr perhaps it isSometimes you win and sometimes you loseNeither happens if you don't take a chanceSo I resolve to forgiveTo be the bigger and better personGive of myself as I would want othersTo give to meAnd perhaps this time everyone will win.