Whether you have been hurt or you have hurt someone, it takes awhile for the relationship to go back to the way it was. It's all because healing takes time. There is no quick fix. There’s no “feeling better” when you forgive. There’s no immediate reward. There’s no way to get your emotions to follow what you know is true deep down. There’s no way to make it all immediately better—for you or for someone else. Forgiveness takes time. But there is a process that we can go through to make sure we handle the healing process in the right way.