How do I forgive my partner after they've broken my trust repeatedly?

Mirabai knew something about broken trust—she loved Krishna devotionally while her own family rejected her. What she understood, and what I keep returning to, is that forgiveness isn't about deciding one day that it's done. It's messier than that. When someone breaks your trust repeatedly, forgiveness requires you first to grieve what you believed was true. You believed they were trustworthy. That's a real loss. Sit with that before you try to forgive them. Then ask yourself honestly: Are they genuinely trying to change, or am I forgiving the same broken promise over and over? These are different things. Forgiving someone doesn't mean staying. It doesn't mean trusting them again immediately. It means examining your own heart—not to justify their behavior, but to notice what you're holding onto, and whether holding it is costing you your own freedom. Mirabai chose devotion to something larger than her hurt. You might find that your forgiveness comes not from absolving them, but from deciding what kind of person you want to be, regardless of what they do. That's where real freedom lives.