I'm not the forgiving and forgetting type. Love mark twain but that quote perhaps doesn't apply to me.
But this line made me halted me —
But consider one thing: they will walk away and you will be the only one breathing the odours of your crushed soul.
Yes. That hit close. I believe it can only work when the person is close to you. 'How can they do this to me!'—that fragrance would scream, if it could talk. This is the moment one must learn to forgive. Specially, forgive their own selves. So they no longer torment their very own heart by reliving the memory of it over and over again.
Forgiving yourself is very important! The people can walk away from you, but the memories stay