What does it mean to forgive?

[cristyd]

I have recently eliminated a person from my life whom i considered toxic for me. She used to criticize everything i do, tried all the time to convince me that i am unhappy, that people don’t like me. She tried to convince me i don’t love my husband and that i miss my first boyfriend. When pregnant she criticized all my decisions about my pregnancy and when i gave birth she criticized all my decisions as a mother. That was the moment i decided the relationship with my child is more important and that i can’t let her damage it. So i let her know that i can’t be her friend anymore. I don’t have any bad feeling towards her but i feel she has been toxic. That i am extremely happy with my life and that if i was sad it was because of her.

Did i made a sin by refusing to be her friend anymore? Does forgiving means i have to continue being her friend or is it that i am not angry with what she did but continue my life.

 

[Augusta_Crowley]

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