ForgivenessWorks
What You Can Do Within Yourself
1. Commit yourself to make forgiveness as natural and as important as breathing and eating in your life.
2. Remind yourself that forgiveness is always a choice and one that will get you out of the victim role and will empower you to live in the present by releasing the painful past.
3. Have the Peace of God as your only goal every day of your life.
4. Remember that forgiveness is the key to peace and happiness and is the bridge to God and all that is Sacred.
5. Remind yourself that when we forgive it does not mean that we are condoning, agreeing with an outrageous act, but it does means that we are willing to let go of the toxins of anger, rage, hate and grievances that are causing a hole in our own hearts.
6. Remember that forgiveness means letting go of all hopes for a better past.
7. Remind yourself that the key word to forgiving is willingness; it is the willingness to give our anger to God and trust that it will be transformed into Love.
8. Know that we can live our lives one second at time whereas Love, Forgiveness and Compassion become our way of life.
9. Remember that forgiveness is bridge that makes alive in our lives the premise that Love is Letting Go of Fear.
10. Know in your heart and mind that Love is ForGiving.
Forgiveness: the Greatest Healer of All
If there was ever a time in our lives, and in the history of the world to stop the recycling our anger, to finally let go of our grievances, to release the painful past, to bring forgiveness and love into our lives, it is obviously now.
The growing problems that face us are not going to be solved by governments alone nor by politicians or more wars. It will take a serious, internal shift of individuals joining each other and uplifting our consciousness to one of forgiveness, love, compassion and a willingness to live in a consciousness of “giving”. Solutions are more abundant than problems when we truly believe in a Divine Source and trust in a loving God becomes all consuming in our lives.
There is a great thirst to understand at both a cognitive as well as emotional level the dynamics of what it truly means to forgive and to be forgiven. There is a hunger to get to know how to get rid of the blocks that often makes forgiving seem so difficult or even impossible for us to do, and to rid ourselves of the emotional and physical trauma that not forgiving causes us.
There is another way of looking at the world where we can choose whether we want to experience peace or conflict, to experience love or fear. We can choose how we perceive ourselves, others, and the world around us. It is these choices, and the willingness and the courage to forgive, that offer us the greatest gift we can give not only to others, but to ourselves.
Let us go beyond ourselves, our families , our communities, our country and reach out to all people of all faiths. Let us see others as not attacking but suffering from lack of love. Let us not exclude anyone from our love or forgiveness. Let us see everyone as our brother and sister; let us see everyone as our Siamese Twin. As we deepen our belief in the power of Love and Forgiveness to heal our lives, the world that we see will heal also.
Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D.
Diane V. Cirincione, Ph.D.