This is one of my favorite topics and can be such a game changer for any transformation that affects all of your relationships and, very importantly, your HAPPINESS.
Forgiveness is turning your energy another way.
Looking in a different direction to the pain, hurt, anger you may have felt.
Seeking out the opposite to what you’re seeing and feeling.
Forgiveness is FREEING yourself. Not the other person. Freeing yourself from the story and seeing the other person as anything other than a loving being in your world.
And this doesn’t even need to effect the person who you’re forgiving. You don’t even need to tell them. It can be your own personal journey and when you really understand it, it’s beautiful.
So, let’s do an activity…
I’d love for you to do this while sitting, with a journal and in a quiet space.
Think of someone who you hold a story that they have WRONGED you.
Think of the things they have done, how angry you felt, think of all the WRONGS you believe they have pressed against you.
Feel that in your body. Take note of what you feel and where. It’s not nice, is it?
Now see that person in your minds eye.
See that person and the child within them that is searching and not knowing.
See that person for all the GOOD they have done for you.
See that person for all the beauty that is within them.
And to really top it off, add the cream to that inner work you’re doing in this moment - see the situation and find the blessing.
Find why you’re grateful for whatever transpired between you and this person.
Find the lesson, the blessing and the gift you received.
Do you feel it now? Do you feel that release, relaxation and replenishment? Do you feel the lightness of just loving someone for all that they are and the best that they are always trying to do.
This feeling… THAT is why we forgive.
Not to let someone off the hook for bad behaviour.
Not to lower your standards of how you want to be treated.
Not to make someone else feel comfortable.
But to free YOU. To hold your standards high of where your precious energy will go.
To make yourself comfortable.
To be responsible for your own part in every situation.
I would love for you to share below how this has helped you. Your comments light me up more than you would know!
