Responding to this question posted on Musing.io: How do you forgive someone who hurt(s) you?
Any relationship is based on three dimensions: respect, trust and "love". Love is something which grows or withers; respect can be earned or lost but the most vulnerable dimension is trust which can only be given. Once a person loses your trust, you can never fully trust that person again. Forgiving a person is quite simple. If you were in a relationship with a person and that person cheats with someone else, forgiving them is easy but that doesn't mean that you can return to the relationship the way it was. You will always have doubts about that person and it will always colour the way your relationship works in the future. Forgiving that person means that the emotion of grieving that you might have about the relationship will no longer have an influence over the way you live your life. It doesn't mean that your partner gets to resume the relationship. I would suggest that you treat that person with the same consideration of a stranger ...