Yup and It's for your own good, because when you are constantly thinking of revenge or are angry about what a person did to you, you will not have peace in your heart. Having said that, it's not that easy and I wouldn't blame someone who can not forgive someone else because some people have done horrible things to each other, such as killing a family member etc. etc.
You swallowed your pride for those people who have hurt you in the first place; you still chose to do so though 'pride'
is the biggest thing that makes you a human being — a strength they say, and a weakness as well. Not because you needed to or you just wanted to. You're just indeed, selfless — and that, my friend, is the right thing to do.
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