Tag: forgiveness

• Perfectly Imperfect

  Believe in people’s goodness, but do not be surprised when they fall short.

  Most people are doing their best to be good in their own way.

  But we all fall short.

  No one is perfect.

  Even the most morally upright and disciplined among us will stumble from time to time.

  Do not let this shock or disappoint you.

  You are no different.

  You are no better.

  You, too, are perfectly imperfect.

  Give people some room to be human.

  Allow for mistakes.

  Be generous with your forgiveness.

  Remain optimistic, but plan for imperfection, both other people’s and your own.

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  August 3, 2023

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• Freedom From Self Pity

  It is okay to feel hurt and disappointment without feeling sorry for yourself.

  In fact, if you want to live a joyous, fulfilling life, you must learn to experience hurt and disappointment without feeling sorry for yourself.

  Things will not always go your way.

  Life is hard and other people have their own desires, needs, and agendas.

  Whatever happened to hurt or disappoint you already happened.

  It cannot and will not be changed by feeling sorry for yourself.

  Self pity does nothing to improve your circumstances or your relationships.

  It is a weight around your neck placed their by your own hands.

  Release it and be free.

  You will still experience hurt and disappointment, but at least you will not be adding to their weight unnecessarily.

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  July 15, 2023

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• Willing To Forgive

  Forgiveness is not easy.

  Your trauma is part of your identity.

  The chains of your suffering feel like a security blanket.

  Your anger, fear, and sadness become your safe space.

  They feel comfortable and familiar.

  After all, they have kept you alive for this long.

  It feels as if to let go of your suffering would be to die.

  Quite often, however, that which you feel has helped you to survive is actually the thing that has kept you from thriving.

  That which you hold onto from your past is preventing you from living to your full potential.

  If you want to be free of this burden, if you want to truly live, you must first be willing to let go of your suffering.

  You must be willing to forgive.

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  May 31, 2023

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• Forgiveness Heals

  Healing begins with forgiveness.

  Whatever trauma, hardships, or wrongdoings you have suffered in the past are in the past.

  Keeping them with you as you move forward only serves to cause you more pain and suffering.

  Holding onto these experiences becomes an unbearable burden that drags you down into the pits of anger, sadness, and despair.

  You have to learn to let go.

  You have to learn to move on.

  But the only way to do this is through forgiveness.

  Forgiveness is the key to unlocking the chains that bind you to your past.

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  May 30, 2023

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• Critical Separation

  Criticism is easy, but it ultimately leads to misery.

  It helps you to believe you are separate from the person you are criticizing, and it excuses you from looking at yourself and the role you play in your own unhappiness.

  As long as you can point at someone else as being the problem, you do not have to face the truth about yourself and your relationship with your discontentment.

  The only way to transcend this attitude of judgement and the separation it creates is to through compassion and forgiveness, both for others and for yourself.

  Compassion and forgiveness are not easy, but they are the path to peace.

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  March 21, 2023

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