forgiveness

In church this past Sunday, our priest said something that stood out and returned to me this morning. He explained how forgiving others is not about the other person but for our Self.

Forgiving someone who has harmed you is freeing for YOU–it does not let the other individual off the hook for their actions or words, but it frees you from the burden of carrying around the emotions and weight of that trauma.

If you are holding on to anger, resentment, pain, or sadness because of something someone else has done to you, free your Self from those emotions and that burden. Clinging to the past because you don’t want to forgive someone for what they have done hurts you more than it does them, and it could be an obstacle in the way of living your authentic life.

Forgiving doesn’t mean forgetting, but you should definitely move on.
Forgiving doesn’t mean you become friends with them again.
Forgiving doesn’t mean admitting they did not harm you.
Forgiving doesn’t mean you were wrong.

Forgiving just means you are no longer going to allow the past actions of someone else to impact the life you are living today and the one you are pursuing in the future.

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See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,

JC