Welcome, it is a beautiful Sunday morning here in South Carolina. There is a great quote from Nelson Mandel that says, "When a deep injury is done to us, we never heal until we forgive." Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of Nelson Mandela use to be my client before she passed away from Covid. One night we were up talking and she told me about her experience with her father in prison, how she was still out fighting, waiting for her father to come home. When he was finally released and he sat down with her daughter, Zindzi was ready to continue the fight against the South African government. He said, Zindzi, we have to forgive and heal this nation. They had to forgive. Now that is a tough thing to imagine, being locked up for years by a corrupt government. Nelson went on to becoming the President of South Africa and Zindzi became the SA Ambassador to Denmark.
We as humans have this ability to remember things that happened in the past that hurt us greatly. When we are at times of stress we remember these bad times again. A friend once told me as we were talking about forgiveness, he said, "you have to look up, and say - Lord, help me forgive one more time. During this inflation time of our lives we are going to have stressful moments. To keep our mental health in check we are going to have to forgive one more time to make it through any tough time in our life. Forgiveness will help us think clearer and put thought in our decision making process of moving forward.
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