OAP Toke Makinwa is on a forgiveness thing today as she speaks about letting go and acceptance.
The media personality and actress took to her Instastories to quote Oprah on forgiveness, noting that forgiveness is acceptance is letting go so that the past does not hold one a prisoner.
She noted further that it also means acceptance of what has happened not that one deserved it have happened or not, and that the offender did what he or she can do best, though not good for the offended.
“Forgiveness is letting go of the “hope” that the past could have been any different. – Oprah Forgiveness is acceptance. Accepting the fact that it has happened, not that you deserved it to happen to you, not that it should have happened, But accepting that despite the pain which is unfair, which you didn’t deserve, it won’t hold you prisoner anymore.” Read also:Â We Are All Broken -Toke Makinwa Opens Up On Her Struggle With PTSD
“Forgiveness is accepting that I know I deserved better than you treated me, I know that you couldn’t be to me what I needed not because I’m unworthy but acknowledging that you did your best, you gave all you knew how to. It may not have been good for me, but it was all you had to give“, she wrote.
