Forgiveness

Forgiveness is a topic that everyone views differently. Personally, I feel people should forgive others and not hold grudges. However, you shouldn't forgive someone right away after they have done something. Give it time, but don't hold a grudge forever. Especially people that you want to keep as friends should be forgiven, but you should not let that happen right away just to send them the message that it was wrong, and they shouldn't do it again. 
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.-- Mahatma Gandhi
This is a good quote because it is hard to forgive, and only people of good character and wanting to create good relationships will do that. 
We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies
--Voltaire
This quote basically said we all make mistakes, and we can't expect to be forgiven if we are not willing to forgive.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. --William Blake
I liked this quote because you don't expect a friend to hurt you, and you do expect an enemy to. So it makes it that much harder to forgive a friend.

Forgiveness is me giving up my right to hurt you for hurting me. --Anonymous 

This quote is telling how, by forgiving someone, you are letting go of those negative emotions and moving on to create more positive relationships.

Another thing that I think about forgiveness, especially with kids our age, is that it is hard to do. And what kids don't realize, is that something that someone did to you is not who they are, it's just a nasty act they chose. Also that as we get older, some people will still be mean, but most are going to get more mature and be better people than what they are today.