What Forgiveness Is -

Dear Friends,

These days, people seem to have made forgiveness into the category of a "nice" thing that religious people are supposed to do.
The truth is, forgiveness is a powerful life force - that you and I and other human beings are capable of - that can actually change the world.

What is forgiveness? To say it clearly - forgiveness is the "retelling of the story." We all tell our stories from a certain point of view. When we tell our stories as if we are the victim - "they" did this to "me," - then we are in a place of non-forgiveness. The problem with non-forgiveness is that it has the ability to bleed into all of our other relationships and actions. When we have not taken the power to tell our own story in a way that is empowering to us, then we have not forgiven, and that lack of forgiveness hurts us and everyone else we come into contact with.

What is your story? Think about those times or people about whom you still have a "charge" when you think about them, or when you tell someone else about them. These are the stories that you need to re-tell in order to get rid of the "charge."

Forgiving does not mean that you need to put yourself into peril. In fact, once you forgive - especially those old, old stories that have infected your life for a long time - you will free yourself from putting yourself into peril. Your mind will be clearer, your choices cleaner, your ability to love yourself and others more free.

What is your story? What are the events in your life that still have a "charge" when you think of them? What is the story you tell yourself, and sometimes find yourself telling others?

The power of forgiveness is that it frees you to really love - to love yourself and others, even those who have hurt you.

We are all simply reflections of one another. When you re-tell your story, you will love yourself and others more deeply, more freely, more completely. Who doesn't want that?

Blessings to all of you.
meb