Closure

I have a lot of friends who see closure in many events of their lives. For instance, I had a friend who broke up with a girl and then wanted closure (meaning, that he wanted to explain to her how she had hurt him). I have another friend who got laid off from a job in a harsh fashion, and he wanted closure (meaning that he wanted to be understood and not misunderstood in what he did or didn't do and how it wasn't deserved that he got laid off). I've wanted closure in apologizing to a person I bothered years ago. I've had another friend remark that we are not entitled to closure in life. It's not required nor necessary to move on. Perhaps we shouldn't seek it. Much of the closure I've heard of involves expressing unexpressed feelings or thoughts. I don't know all the reasons for closure, but I'm going to stop demanding it in my own life; especially having closure as a requirement to forgiveness. Jesus of Nazareth didn't say that we should only forgive someone if we have achieved closure. He said that we should forgive (what is it? 70 times 7?). Period. So forgive. If you get closure, consider yourself blessed, because not all of us do.