The 5 Secrets To Forgiveness
February 26, 2007 by Editor
Filed under Better Living, Happiness, Law of Attraction, Relationships, Self Improvement
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Many of us have been emotionally, physically or spiritually hurt. That pain often turns to anger and resentment as we replay the events over in our heads, reliving the moment again and again. This, in and of itself, is very destructive behavior because we continually pull the past into the present preventing any sustainable level of growth. Here are a few things to consider if your having difficulty in moving forward.
1. Forgiveness can break the connection - When there is someone in your life that your having a hard time forgiving, the energy of that person and situation remains within you. When you find it hard to let go and forgive another, you remain connected to that person. You continue to allow the pain, the abuse and the trauma to remain with you. This is a choice. Forgiveness is not something that you can or cannot do. It is simply a matter of choosing to change your thoughts, beliefs and ideas about a given situation or person in your life.
2. Forgiveness will bring you closer to who you are. When you are unable to forgive, you deny your own power as the creator of your life and hand it over to the other person - basically saying you are subject to the will of another. The reality is you are a very powerful being who has been given free will and the unlimited power to create whatever you want to be, do or have. Once you remember this, forgiveness will become second nature because now you understand nothing can exert itself against you. The only things that come to you are those things you have drawn to you through your thinking.
3. Forgiveness allows others to grow. The act of forgiveness allows the other person to move on. Until you are able to forgive and release a person from the responsibility for your pain, this person remains connected to you. Forgiveness creates harmony because you are handing the other person a passport to more freedom and joy. In doing so you are creating an environment in which you can thrive.
4. Self forgiveness removes layers of shame and guilt. It means being willing to exercise compassion towards yourself. Let go of the fear of unworthiness and failure and learn to accept that, just maybe, the Universal powers approve and accept you as you are.
5. Give yourself a gift. By forgiving, you empower yourself and your spirituality. You heal deep-rooted pain that perhaps you thought was long gone but has survived, living under long held resentments. By forgiving you are one step closer to your journey of self-growth and healing.
Written by Robert Hunt
