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So I want to begin with this question and you know if the razor hand or elbow anybody,

but because I think we've all experienced this, have you ever forgiven someone without being

asked, like you just decided, you know what, I'm not going to carry this. I'm just going to forgive

them. You just decided, without them knowing, without telling them, you just decided, I just,

I'm going to forgive you, I'm going to forgive them, then you just, you moved on and they

didn't even know. And then maybe you ran into them later and they kind of had this awkward moment

and then you remembered, oh yeah, I already forgave you and you could smile and act like nothing happened

or maybe they didn't even know anything that happened that they needed to be forgiven, but

you realized, oh, I'm kind of lighter, I'm kind of fine, right? Or have you ever forgiven some,

you've just decided to forgive somebody and didn't tell them, you just decided, I'm not going to

carry this. And then later, this isn't as usual, later they came back and apologized and owned it.

And if that's the case, do you remember what you said or you remember what you thought you may

have said it, you may have even said, well actually, I forgave you the moment it happened or I've

already forgiven you or I've already forgotten about that because you kind of, you've just kind of

moved on, but now the relationship is reconciled. The relationship was still broken because,

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