Forgive and Forget, or Forget to Forgive?

After reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey and The Young Traveler's Gift by Andy Andrews, I have found nine areas where typical teens are different from productive young adults. In these nine posts, I'll be explaining them and asking you to decide where you are right now and where you would like to be in the future.

Teenagers tend to be petty. Young adults learn to forgive. “I will greet this day with a forgiving spirit” is the sixth decision from Andrews (122). You get no benefit from holding a grudge. It makes everyone happier when you just forgive. But just forgiving others is not enough. You also have to be willing to forgive yourself. Sometimes nobody is mad at you except for you, and you'll be so much happier if you forgive yourself and be happy.

• Is there someone you must learn to forgive?

Coming up...Are you a quitter?

Sources:

Andrews, Andy. The Young Traveler's Gift. Nashville, Tenn.: Tommy Nelson, 2004. Print.

 Covey, Sean, and Inc OverDrive. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. S.I.: Touchstone, 2014. Print.