Forgiveness is?

I choose to forgive everyone who has caused me any kind of pain in my life so that I can be FREE to run barefoot through the grass and feel the sun on my face with JOY in my heart. Forgiveness is letting go of a learned self destructive behavior from a traumatic event that made such an impression on the subconscious mind that the memory will repeat over and over re-traumatizing themselves and trapping them in a sphere of misery.