When we as individuals are able to shift from holding the anger and hate of those who were the cause of our wounds is when we will begin to live in a world where there is truly peace on earth and goodwill toward all.
We will begin to heal the world as we learn to heal ourselves.
Somewhere along the way I began to understand that there is a difference between holding those responsible for the way they have hurt me and continuing to blame them for the distress I experience today.
What happened is the past and there was a day I had a thunderbolt...
lightening
bells and
whistles moment....
where I realized that by hanging onto my anger instead of going through the pain
the sadness
the disbelief
the grief
the tears
of what I'd survived...
I was still giving my today
to the those who took my yesterdays.
By continuing to perpetuate the anger
the blaming
the hatred
of those from my past
I was still giving them
my todays.
By continuing to tell the story about what happened to me....
I was avoiding the story about how what happened to me....
affected me.
It was in learning to recognize that in holding onto my justified anger about what happened to me in the past that I became stuck in it.
It was in learning to experience my anger
that I found freedom from it.
And this was the beginning of my learning to live in compassion
for both them
and me.
Keep in mind that forgiving does not mean extending the same credit or opportunity to those who hurt me without remorse.
But - this is where I set myself free from carrying the burden of the past that I carried...
day after day.
Year after year.
And this was the place where I began to understand that as we begin to become the change we want to see in the world
that the world will begin to change.
Healing ourselves
is how the world will heal.
Namaste.
Happy holidays
May today we each understand that forgiveness is a gift that we give ourselves and is...
the beginning of peace on earth and goodwill to all.
Always in compassion for your pain - and admiration of your courage.
Susan
Related....
Fighting Forgiveness Is a post about how I made forgiveness make sense in regards to some really senseless experiences.
A Walk in Compassion This is a poem I wrote as I realized the power of compassion for myself and that in choosing to let go of the past - I was creating my future.
Making Peace with My Past A post about how I shifted from denying my past affected me to understanding what it took to heal from it.
Accepting Peace This was part of how I came to understand that in order to heal the world - I had to learn to heal myself. There are several links to other posts about the how behind my journey.
Seek Knowledge, find Wisdom, live your Truth!
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