Forgiveness and acceptance go hand in hand. By accepting their differences, you're forgiving their actions that wronged you.

That's totally 100% healthy. I don't suggest that you should forgive and forget, just forgive and go from there. Forgiveness doesn't have to mean that you tell them they're off the hook at all. It just means that you've let it go and you no longer want them involved in your life.

I was wronged by a Pastor in ways you couldn't imagine...8 years of my life lost...focusing on the present and how free I actually am right now.

"Now one day, maybe I can forgive John Andersen for what he done to these trees, but I ain't gonna forget it. I figure forgiving is not letting something nag at you—rotting you out."