The Confusion About Forgiveness Forgiveness is a huge thing for our peace of mind, our quality of life, our happiness, and our capacity to be blessed. However, people often have a hard time forgiving. This is because of a fundamental misunderstanding about what it means to forgive. Forgiveness is something we do for ourselves not […]
Can we be happy when things don’t turn out the way we want them to?
Can we be happy when things don’t turn out the way we want them to? The answer to that is YES! Happiness isn’t dependent on external circumstances. It is a choice we make independent of the circumstances (regardless of the severity of the circumstance). We have the ability to be happy when circumstances say that […]
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Upset is upset no matter what
Forgiveness
Forgiveness We all know that we are supposed to forgive. But, many still choose to hang on to grudges, hurts, slights, being disrespected, being wronged, etc. Let’s look at the consequences of hanging on to that junk: We cannot be upset and happy at the same time. So, any time that we spend being upset […]
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Procrastination and overwhelm
Procrastination and overwhelm Oftentimes the first step in dealing with procrastination and overwhelm is self-forgiveness. When we procrastinate and or get overwhelmed, we are not bad or wrong or defective. We are merely human. But people treat themselves like they are bad, wrong, or defective. Once we forgive ourselves, we allow ourselves to be human […]
Forgiveness of Self
Forgiveness of Self Is there anything that you haven’t forgiven yourself for doing (or not doing)? If we are honest with ourselves – most likely there are some areas of unforgiveness. If we cannot forgive ourselves, then on some level we are saying that we are bad and wrong. If we are bad and wrong […]