"When a deep injury is done us, we 

never truly recover until we forgive"

-Alan paton

You can never truly heal until you forgive. If you cannot forgive then you yourself will never recover or heal. The most important part to recovering is forgiveness. With forgiveness all is healed and all is good. If you cannot forgive than you will forever be hateful and bitter. The first step is forgiveness and that is the only step to recovery. As long as you forgive that burden is off of you because you will no longer have something holding you down. For the rest of your life you will not be able to be okay or healed. Forgiveness is so powerful it helps the recover so much more. All you need to do if forgive. You forgive people because that is the right thing to do. Even if you cannot forgive right now you should always find it in your heart to forgive. Without forgive you will forever be injured.