What is holding you back?

Unforgiveness. I work on this DAILY. For whatever reason, it is hard for me to let go (Truly let go) of hurts.  I'm not doing myself any favors by holding on to things that people have done or said to me, or someone that I love.

We, as humans, are imperfect. It's our nature.
We, as humans, will let others down, normally without even realizing what we are doing.
We, as humans, have to move on and let go.

This past week, my mom had asked me to go through the three hundred bazillion totes of things I have stored in her basement, something I wanted to do before my wedding any how. I found the most hilarious, sad, crazy, nostalgic memory filled things from my whole life in those totes. Things I had completely forgotten about! It was amazing (and also embarrassing bc I recognized some rat-pack tendencies creeping in on me). It was a good time to purge, cleanse and re-evaluate what things I want to take with me in this next phase of life I'm about to enter. I found this quote on a calendar I had saved (idk, maybe I wanted to know what I did on September 1, 2001 for the rest of my life, what of it?!):

Forgiveness. You may be the friend who needs it, or you may be the one granting it. You may be the friend who needs to offer it, or the one who needs to ask for it. Either way, go ahead and do what supreme friendship calls you to do with this assurance in your heart: Once forgiveness is given or accepted, no power on earth can dilute the love and loyalty it produces.

Here's the thing, by not forgiving, we commit a sin ourselves, which we then need forgiven of. By choosing to have un-forgiveness, the quality of our life and happiness is lesser. Life is too short to hold on to bitterness. This year, one of my (many) resolutions is to offer and ask for forgiveness more regularly. Just like I had to clean out the physical storage I've accumulated over the years, I want to clean out my emotional storage before facing what is in store for me. I want to make room for new joys, memories and love to come my way. Getting rid of the unforgiveness is one way for me to make room in my heart for positive and happy accumulation.