Forgiving Someone Analysis

Forgiveness is something that many people struggle, and don’t even realize. The effects of not forgiving others can also lead to unhealthy behaviors in ourselves that we don’t even notice. There have been times that I have found it hard to forgive, just like Granny Weatherall from The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, by Catherine Ann Porter. I have been in places where not forgiving others has weighed heavily on my shoulders. We might say we forgive someone and not realize that internally we aren’t even close to forgiveness. And just like granny Weatherall I have tried to make a point of seeming to not care, and inadvertently shown how much I do care. I am sure that I am not the only person to go through similar experiences. As we grow we learn how these repressed feelings cause us to act in ways that keep us from reaching higher levels of happiness.
I remember when I met my high school sweetheart. Steven was my first crush and I had seen him throughout school for years. We started going out in 10th grade and I thought I had met the love of my life. Things went …show more content…
One day he told me that he was home sick. When I told him I was going to come over to help take care of him, his voice changed and he told me that wasn’t necessary. I decided to go over anyway. When I arrived at his house I noticed that his car was gone. No one answered the door when I rang the bell so I went back to my car and drove home. I cried the entire drive home and ran straight upstairs to my bedroom. I couldn’t believe Steven lied to me. How could he act as if I was so stupid. I called his phone about a hundred times that nigt but he never picked up. it felt like I was dying. Upstairs in my room I felt like Granny again when “rummaging around she found death in her mind and it felt clammy and unfamiliar.“ I knew a part of my life was over, I just didn’t know how it was going to end or if I was ready for