Forgiveness. yes!
I've been waiting for this.
I've known forgiveness was key to happiness, and have wanted to explore it for quite some time, but the intellect in me couldn't just airy-fairy globally forgive anyone who has ever hurt me and in return ask for their forgiveness..
I need structure.
I did however, add to my daily visualization list the little thing from the Lords prayer "forgive me for my tresspasses as I forgive those who trespass against me" but that was as far as I got.
I'm not really a prayer person, I like to visualize and write and set intentions. Not that different, but in my mind it differentiates me from being "religious" and better defines me as "on a spiritual path".
The lesson today tells us why we need to forgive.
-release the ties to those who have harmed us.
-cut the cords of resentment, which holds us to those we are trying to get away from, our grudges are our jailers.
-to open up to the higher realms of peace, joy, love.
-forgiving the past makes room for new great experiences to come in.
You can only be as great as the size of your heart.
If your heart is clouded, your ability to love is diminished and your freedom is lost.
Do you....
...react instead of act? Fight instead of surrender? Shut down instead of open up? Push away rather than allow in? Judge instead of love?
Say goodbye to all of this and try to see that every painful incident came bearing gifts.
The gifts are hidden until you take this step.
Find the gift or wisdom in these hurts, see it from a larger perspective, and you will see why you chose to go through it at all.
