"FORGIVENESS " Now that we all have been able to share our thoughts and ideas on how we have experienced the act of Forgiving in ourselves or Forgiving others, I thought that for the final week we can do some back tracking:
This month there were some tools listed for us to use for when it came to Forgiving ourself and Forgiving others. Will you all share with the group on how if any of these tools helped you in your process for Forgiving?
I know "True Forgiveness" is really hard to do for a lot of us. But, it's like Jade said, "Saying you forgive someone, but holding onto the very thing that hurt you, means that you truly haven't forgiven".
I feel we all have our own way of Forgiving someone. But, what we really need to ask ourself is, DO WE TRULY BELIEVE WE HAVE FORGIVEN THOSE WHO HAVE HURT US?
What about Forgiving Yourself? Do you feel you love yourself enough to Forgive Yourself?
For the final week of Forgiveness, I would like for everyone to share three tools you found helpful this month in coping with Forgiving Yourself, or Forgiving Others.
Here are three that helped me:
1. I love myself to much to carry a grudge in my heart.
2. I deserve to be happy.
3. If God can forgive us over and over again, we should be able to always have forgiveness in our hearts.
Ladies, thank you so much for your participation in this month group discussion on Forgiveness. I really hope it was beneficial for all of us. I love you all.
Love Mom
The three tools that I will continue to use to help with forgiveness, are the following:
ReplyDelete1) Forgiving myself-I believe it was the first lesson that spoke about not be able to forgive others until you have done this. It is quite an challenging concept to grasp.
2) I will use God's forgiveness as an example to how I should forgive other people as well as myself.
3) I need to let go of the things that I have been forgiven for, as well as the things that I have forgiven others for. If I have truly forgiven, then I would not be holding on.
Thank you so much mom for this month's lesson's and tools. These tools will be accessed whenever I need a reminder of how important forgiveness is. I Love you!
Good Morning Ladies,
ReplyDeleteMy apologies for posting so late. Below are the three tools that I considered and will use throughout my life.
*Consider the value of forgiveness and its importance in your life at a given time - I really had to take this into consideration. I found that my inabilities to grow have correlated with my inabilities to forgive either myself or others. Forgiveness is important because without it I cannot grow. I believe this is something that I will need to constantly remind myself throughout life.
*We can grow more patient and understanding of others by forgiving our self. - This tool really resonated with me. Often, there are times that I would get easily frustrated or annoyed with others. I know that I am just as easily frustrated or annoyed with myself. If I am frustrated and annoyed with myself, my ability to forgive myself is compromised. The result is an impaired relationship with others.
*Let go of all self-judgement and self-sabotage. - My ability to let go of self judgment and self-sabotage, prevents me from judging and sabotaging others.
Mom, thank you so much for your posts. You provided so much valuable information and it was clear that you put a lot of thought into your lessons. I learned a lot about myself this past month. THANK YOU!!!