Give yourself the gift today of deciding to forgive someone who has hurt you. Reach out and reestablish an important relationship.

"To err is human, to forgive, divine," observed English poet Alexander Pope.

How do you forgive someone? Look to your heart for understanding and compassion. Let go of the bad feelings. Then pick up the phone or write a letter to the person you want to forgive.

As Hinduism's Bhagavad-Gita revealed, "If you want to see the brave, look at those who can forgive."

Forgiveness is letting go. It is a release, removal of a road block and a loving cancellation of a debt, for the person you forgive AND yourself.

Embrace today. Forgive someone and watch what happens: pain and resentment evaporate and you have more energy, more freedom to find inner peace and move on. Freedom to grow.

Forgiveness is healing. To writer Betty Smith, it is "a gift of high value. Yet it costs nothing."

Forgive for your future enlargements.