Never underestimate the ruthlessness of the ego to keep you in a state of suffering in which you voluntarily participate.
Many people want payback and to see others suffer. Forgiveness is the key to freedom. You can choose to be enslaved and burdened or you can choose to be free. It's a choice. Forgiveness is a state of being. So once you do it, it alters who you are and the way you can be in the world.
From speaking with my mother I learned that forgiveness is a process that begins with the choice to end your own suffering.
If you don't enjoy your life, sorrow, sadness, suffering, fear, shame and guilt will.
People are hurting. People are suffering. But you can not get everywhere.