On Forgiveness and Why It Means More When It Hurts

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed it.”
-Mark Twain

True forgiveness only happens as a consequence of pain. If we are not inflicted with pain, or shown injustice, or injured in some way, what is there to forgive?

We are made better through the trials of life and forgiving the pain it inflicts.