A parable.

Two friends were walking along a country lane.
Behind them was the village
Ahead of them were some houses
To their right there was a dark woodsy area
To their left was a large open field.

As they walked along, another woman approached them.
She was coming across the open field on the left.
Woman #3 was known to both of the other women,
but she was a closer friend to woman #1 than to woman #2.

When woman #3 approached them,
she walked up to woman #2:
first she shoved her,
then she slapped her,
and then she knocked her down.
Then she walked away, back toward the village.

Woman #2 jumped to her feet and turned to Woman #3, saying:
“What the hell was that about?  Why did you do that?”

Woman #3 turned back to her and replied:
“You know, you’re just going to have to forgive me,
because I am NEVER going to explain what I did.
In fact, I think dwelling on the past is very unhealthy.”
Then she turned away again, and walked toward the village.

Woman #2 turned to Woman #1 in disbelief.

But all Woman #1 said was:
“Shall we continue our walk?”