🌟 Forgive and Let Go to Close a Cycle 🌟

One of the most challenging moments when closing a cycle is learning to forgive and let go. Sometimes we carry resentments, guilt, or open wounds that become invisible chains. Forgiveness doesn’t mean justifying what was done to us or minimizing the harm—it means freeing ourselves from the weight that keeps us tied to the past.

Letting go, in turn, is an act of courage: releasing what no longer belongs to us, even if it was once an important part of our lives.

🌿 What does it mean to forgive?
🔹 Freeing ourselves from resentment
Resentment is like carrying a heavy stone in your backpack: it drains you, limits you, and keeps you from moving forward. Forgiveness is taking that weight off your shoulders.

🔹 No longer being prisoners of the past
When we don’t forgive, we keep reliving the wound over and over. Forgiveness allows us to regain mental and emotional peace.

🔹 Forgiving ourselves
It’s not only about forgiving others. We also need to accept our own mistakes, recognize that we did the best we could at the time, and give ourselves permission to begin again.

🌱 What does it mean to let go?
🔹 Releasing without hatred
Letting go isn’t about running away or erasing the past—it’s looking at it with calm acceptance and understanding that it already fulfilled its purpose in our life.

🔹 Accepting that not everything lasts forever
There are people, jobs, projects, and stages that were meaningful, but are no longer meant to stay. Letting go is realizing that not everything is destined to be with us forever.

🔹 Opening up to the new
Letting go is also opening your hands: when we release what no longer adds value, we create space to welcome new opportunities and experiences.

🌟Final reflections
Forgiving and letting go are two keys that open the door to inner freedom. It doesn’t mean forgetting—it means healing and freeing ourselves from what binds us. Forgiveness gives us peace; letting go gives us lightness.

🌟 Remember: to forgive is to heal, to let go is to move forward. 🌟

With care,
Dr. Arturo José Sánchez Hernández, your friend in health promotion 💙