Compassion and forgiveness go hand-in-hand.  You cannot have one without the other.  So many people struggle with the act of forgiveness and the Truth is you cannot have freedom without forgiveness. 

Look at it this way, when someone has "done you wrong" or you have "made a mistake", it is an opportunity to ask yourself "How can I pass the Truth of who I am on?"  This is an invitation to  'come-pass-I-on', to pass on or pay it forward the Truth of who you are.  I see the "I" as the "I AM" that is within each one of us as the Truth of who we are. 

Do you get it?  Seen in this way things kind of of soften and when we get to the Truth there is no way to live in resentment, regret, anger or shame.  Pass the Truth of who you are on through your thoughts, words, and actions and forgiveness simply Is.

Done!