Forgiveness Does Not Change The Past, But It Does Enlarge The Future – Paul Boese

Forgiveness is a decision to let go of resentments and thoughts of revenge. It is an act of unloosing yourself from thoughts and feelings that restrain you to the offense committed against you.

Nearly everyone has been hurt by the actions or words of someone. It could be anything, maybe:

• Someone bullied you.
• Your partner left you.
• People called you names.
• Your partner had an affair.
• Your parents criticized you.
• Your loved one was abused.
• Friends gossiped about you.
• You were publicly humiliated.
• Your loved one was murdered.
• Somebody said lies about you.
• Etc.

These events usually leave you with feelings of bitterness, anger and even revenge. If you don’t embrace forgiveness, you will destroy yourself with these feelings. By embracing forgiveness, you embrace peace, hope, gratitude and joy. Forgiveness will help you to reduce the intensity of these feelings so that you can feel free, healthier and happier in the present.

Forgiving someone doesn’t mean you have forgotten what happened, it doesn’t even mean you are condoning what the other party or person has done, only that, you are just letting go of toxic feelings and emotions. Forgiveness does not mean that you have to reconcile with someone who badly treated you, or live with them or even eat with them or proving that you’ve forgiven them. Not at all! It’s your own choice and yours alone to make.

To withhold forgiveness is to choose to continue to remain the victim. You always have a choice. When you forgive you do it for you, not for the other person. The person you have never forgiven. . . controls you! To forgive is to set the prisoner free, and that prisoner is you!

Unforgiveness can cause serious health problems, such as high blood pressure, that can lead to disabilities, etc.

Forgiveness is a journey and you might need to do it everyday, until you feel free and uncontrolled from those thoughts. With forgiveness, you can remember the event, but those thoughts will never have an effect whatsoever to bring you back to bondage. You will think and remember, but because you’ve already forgiven, you will remember with total peace in your heart.

If you’ve been hurt, don’t worry, you are not the only one! Billions of people on earth have been hurt before. I encourage you to set yourself free from the captivity of unforgiving. Yes, people might be so cruel, but you owe it to yourself to set yourself free. It’s a wise choice! With forgiveness, the sooner you do it the better.

To Err Is Human; To Forgive, Divine! – Alexander Pope

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Each day is a new life and your duty is to seize it with a grateful heart, living the DAY to the full. There is no point of borrowing yesterday’s life references to make excuses why TODAY must be  a bad day.

Seize each day with a positive mind frame, live life with joy and be at peace with all man. Forgive those who have wronged you so that you can restore your power back to yourself. Wisdom says “You must be quick to hear and be slow to answer” Monitor your thoughts each day and make sure you are not wasting your day pondering on negative thoughts. Be a giver without expecting to receive anything!

It’s time you use your gifts to make a difference in someone’s life. You can use your smile to brighten someone’s life, you can pick up the phone to encourage someone, you can even pick up a book to educate yourself or you can work out on that project you have been putting off.

Whatever it is – live TODAY in a positive way. Resolve to TAKE ACTION to accomplish your goals and be cheerful counting your blessings and not your difficulties.

This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this
day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good.
What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day
of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone
forever; in its place is something that you have left behind…
let it be something good.

Have A Nice Day!

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