Quote: “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”

This episode explores Nelson Mandela’s profound lesson on forgiveness — that holding onto anger harms us more than it ever harms those we resent. Through his example, we learn that forgiveness is not an act of weakness, but of liberation.

The story follows Ethan and Daniel, two lifelong friends torn apart by betrayal in their shared business. Years of silence and bitterness left them both emotionally burdened, until an unexpected accident brought them back into contact. Their reconciliation showed that forgiveness doesn’t erase pain — it transforms it.

Listeners are reminded that resentment is self-inflicted suffering, while forgiveness is freedom. To forgive is to choose peace over poison, and to walk forward unchained by the past.