Restoration and Healing of a Broken Relationship Requires Both Parties

If a relationship is broken, one of the parties can honestly offer forgiveness from his/her heart even if the other party is unwilling to participate in the process. However, restoration of the relationship cannot occur if only one party is willing to participate in the process.

We can put it this way: It is possible for forgiveness to be offered with only one party participating, however, restoration and healing will require both parties to be involved.