Podcast: Forgiveness: What it is, What it isn’t, and why we shouldn’t live without it.
The concept of forgiveness has been all around me this week: conversations with family and friends, podcasts, books, a program for my child at school, a certification program I am in and even the sermon at church have all centered forgiveness. I have experienced great love and great loss in this week, and in the processing of that, the virtue of forgiveness has been in the center.
If I was approaching life from the perspective of not letting go, of not being willing to forgive, I would be full of pain and frustration.
There are relationships that will always invoke this virtue, and that we will need to approach with caution and self-awareness to ensure we are honoring ourselves will also giving the grace and forgiveness awarded us so many times. From where I stand in this current moment, forgiveness is pulling me through so much.
The release it awards me is keeping me focused and energetic. I am not ignoring what I am experiencing, but I am choosing how much pain I wish to carry forward on my journey.
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