I think letting go and moving on is necessary for happiness and peace. However, forgiveness is not. This photo perfectly explains what I am trying to say, forgiveness is for the other person to have peace; But just because I have forgiven someone, does not mean that I am happy or at peace. If someone apologizes and asks for my forgiveness, I will most likely give it to them, but I will not move on right away. Personally, it takes time for me to be able to move on. I cannot forgive someone who does not ask for my forgiveness, and It takes me a long time to move on from that type of situation. On the other side, when I know that I am wrong in a situation, I will apologize. However, it is difficult for me to apologize to someone when they don’t tell me that they are upset or mad at me, and I have to figure it out by myself. As humans, we automatically want revenge, or to “get back at them.” I think restorative justice is something that I wouldn’t be able to do. I don’t usually get revenge, but once someone does something that hurts me, I don’t trust them as much as I used to. However, on a larger scale, for example, the situation in “Walking after midnight,” I don’t know how I would react. If something that big happened in my life, I don’t think I would be able to forgive the person. And without forgiveness, it would be difficult to move on. However, I don’t think I would want to see the criminal executed, or in pain, because that wouldn’t provide me with any closure. Overall, it is difficult for me to move on from a drastic situation, and because I never have been in such a serious and devastating place I don’t know how I would react.  I do believe in the idea of restorative justice, and that I could help someone who has done wrong in someone else’s life, but not if that person did wrong in mine.