Riches in Release

Riches in Release

Understanding the Fortune of Forgiveness

Personal reflections from a fellow traveler.  Not AA approved literature.  Shared in the spirit of experience, strength, and hope.

We carry resentment like treasure, convinced it protects us. But every grudge is a coin of pain, and the longer we hold it, the poorer we become.

Forgiveness isn’t pretending it didn’t hurt. It’s admitting it already took enough. It’s choosing peace over pain and release over revenge. True forgiveness is a kind of exchange—one moment of surrender that buys back a lifetime of rest.

I’ve carried the heavy weight of resentment. The body heals but the heart resists. Pride told me letting go means losing power, but I’ve learned the opposite. Forgiveness is sovereignty. It’s deciding who you are without waiting for an apology to make it so.

There’s fortune in forgiveness—wealth unseen but deeply felt. When you stop trying to collect what can’t be repaid, you inherit something priceless: peace. And peace, once earned, multiplies quietly in every part of life.

What you release doesn’t leave you empty.
It leaves you whole.

What are you waiting to release?