We usually get caught in negative thought loops because someone hurt us in some way, and that hurt was a legitimate injustice that should not be denied. At the same time, though, it does no good to get stuck in a negative mindset because people who do hurtful things lack the awareness to escape their conditioning, and therefore, as Jesus and Buddha and many other wise souls have said, in one way or another, “they know not what they do.” Therefore, we can and should forgive them, not in the sense that what they did was OK, but in the s…
