Lewis Smedes wrote “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” When someone gifts negative energy or words, give them a gift of positive energy or words without hesitation! YOU (and YOU alone) make the decision that allows HOW someone else’s energy or words affect you!
A friend shared his thoughts about forgiveness. He said that it is a hard thing to forgive people. He and his best friend had an argument and decided not talk over the summer. For him it was really hard to not talk to her. She hurt him and he hurt her. The way they hurt each other was by pressing each others buttons (sound familiar?) He said he was not sure how to fix the problem. He said he apologized, talked and rationalized with her. Nothing seems to work.
He said that he felt like he had the capacity to forgive. He realized that forgiveness teaches a couple of lessons; being wronged by another is a way of reminding us how easily we can be hurt, and perhaps we will be less likely to hurt or wrong someone else because we, ourselves, have been hurt or wronged.
He also realized that people are not perfect and that everyone falls short of someone's else’s standards AND it is very painful when we fall short of our own. Forgiveness seems to be the answer to the vicious cycle of wrongs committed against each other.
Be the change you seek in this world!
There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.
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