Motivational Monday…Forgiveness
Some things we do, we have to do to help ourselves. The byproduct is often that it helps others as well.
Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realizing you were the prisoner!
Max Lucado
A friend I was chatting with is having a difficult time forgiving someone for what they did a decade ago. It wasn’t anything major such as theft or even worse. She no longer sees that person but if the subject comes around…you can see that it unnerves her as if it happened yesterday.
Her friends and I try not to bring that person up, but sometimes it happens. In her mind, she feels that if she forgives them, it’s as if she’s saying,,“It’s all right that you did that.”
And, in her mind, it means they won.
But did they??
When we hold on to grudges—and most of us know how easy that can be—the person we hurt the most is ourselves.
Who knows what the other person is thinking... or even if they're thinking about it at all? While we're carrying the weight of anger, resentment, or disappointment, they may have already moved on with their lives.
When a deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive.
Alan Paton
For our own mental and physical health, we have to learn to let go of any anger or animosity we feel.
-Focus on what we have
-Focus on what we’ve learned, then file it away
-Focus on a new goal or project
So what do you do when and if you see that person again? Greet them with a big smile. Say “Hello” as if nothing they do or say can ruin your day because…it can’t unless you want it to.
Forgiveness doesn't make the other person right, it makes you free.
Stormie Omartian
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