The (Necessary) Internal Attitude of Forgiveness

The internal attitude that expresses itself in forgiveness sets the foundation for any interaction that might take place in the future between you and the other person. It happens in your heart. It is a free letting go of the debt so that, as far as you are concerned, it is now canceled and you are no longer trying to wring it from the other person.

--William P. Smith, Loving Well (Even If You Haven't Been) (Greensboro, NC: New Growth, 2012), 224.