life. Through just personal experience and thought, I became aware of what it means to really forgive someone. Truly forgiving someone involves acknowledging what was done and making the decision to move forward and not hold the wrongdoings over that person's head. To truly forgive means to have a clear mind and open heart something I never fully learned until I experienced it just this past summer. True forgiveness is important because if one does not truly forgive, that person is never going to fully be able to move forward in his/her life. Over the summer I caught a documentary on the founding fathers of America that discussed the ties between Free Masonry and the American