So you met in a party at a common friend's place, took an instant liking towards each other and decided to take things to the next level. 

But what happens when you realize that things aren't really going the way you both thought and decided to call it quits. While it takes time to heal the pain caused by breaking up or taking a break from a relationship, there are many times that we find ourselves at a junction where we find it difficult to forgive the person who has hurt us. Although it's common to feel bad and be a little angry but keeping these feelings bottled up for long is going to ruin our future relationships. While it may not be easy at all to forgive that person, but forgiving is the key which will help you to make your future relationships better. Here are six reasons why forgiving is pivotal in life.

- Forgiveness is difficult, true, but forgiving is the only way to attain peace and helps you to work better on your future relationships. Also bottling up theses harsh feelings is bad for health and many studies have proved it.

- Holding grudges brings a sense of insecurity and anxiety in every path and arena of your life. You become so wrapped up in your own world which is built with the bricks of doubts, unhappiness, lack of trust and lots of resentment that you become quite miserable.

- The true way to freedom is through forgiveness. One cannot be free from thoughts and memories of past unless they forgive people who have hurt them. Life is too short and there's a lot of beautiful and empowering things to see, learn and consume in the world, which when in a state of grudge cannot be seen, heard or experienced.

- While you may feel a sense of being superior when you play the role of a victim, there are chances that after a while people that you rant to, are listening to you only to some gossip at your expense.

- Forgiving someone and letting go of the grudge gives you the control of your own life. After who doesn't want to control their own lives and lead a harmonious life.

- The sooner you are ready to forgive that person with all your heart and soul, the easy will be your moving on procedure. Moving on is really important and one cannot do it unless you have really forgiven that person.