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Dhoke bahut se khaaye hain zindagi mein, Par tera yeh dhokha sabse haseen hai... Dekhne mein dilkash,  Baatein sunehri, Chu jaayein agar toh pighla de,  Rooth jaayein agar toh mana le... Par kya sach hai aur kya mirage,  Toota darpan haj aur do pal ka saath,  Kuch yakeen hai aur kuch kashmakash, Toota dil aur ummeedein bhi behadh... Par dhoke ne tere saara rasta saaf kar diya, Humne bhi tujhe chunne ke liye khud ko maaf kar diya... - Medhavi 

Us Kachchi sadak ki marammat aaj hote dekhi Jiske kankaddon se humne Yun hi khela Tha kabhi  Khoobsurat lagegi shaayad ab woh puraani gali  Par sawaal phir bhi Dil mein aaya mere puraana wahi  Woh kankadd ab bhi tumhari daraaj mein padde Hain Kya ?  Unki dhool ab bhi tumne bachaayi rakhi Hai ?  Ya is nayi sadak ke banne se bahut pehle  Tumne Meri tarah Meri har yaad bhi bhula di hai Medhavi

Forgiveness  Forgiving someone for causing you hurt / damage / loss is often argued by different people. There are people around us who keep telling us to let go and forget what happened. But do we really forget ?  Nobody can feel the hurt / pain that someone caused you. Yes, they can be empathetic, they can be kind enough to listen to you and of course they can lend you a shoulder to cry on or an ear to listen and absorb your grief. But feeling it exactly like you is impossible.  Forgiveness is very subjective. It depends on how important a person is / was, what kind of hurt they caused and what damage you incurred as a human being, emotionally, physically or both in some cases.  And here are some myths about forgiveness that often people tell us with the belief that forgiving someone always makes a person feel better. It does. It surely does, but in its own sweet time. Sometimes you forgive after you heal from a trauma and sometimes you can't even after getting ful...