Forgiveness

Forgiveness begins within. Sometimes I find that the perpetrator is nobody else but myself. When I can let go and forgive myself...then I can really begin to forgive others. Letting resentments fester up and eat away at you is not a healthy option. Dealing with it right away while it's still fresh is the better solution. Sometimes we need to forgive our reactions to situations within our controlled environment. The only environment we have total control of is within.

Other times, it's our reactive feelings to things. Overall, when we start taking responsibility for our actions and reactions and see them as controllable, then we can begin to forgive and begin the healing process necessary for true forgiveness. Forgiving others should be handled only after we've forgiven ourselves. It's as easy as repeating in our mind "I love you, and you are forgiven".

A while back I read an article from Dr. Joe Vitale where he touches on "HO'OPONOPONO" (Hawaiian healing process). I found myself drawn to this on so many levels. It makes perfect sense to me that the theory practiced would work. Here is a few paragraphs explaining this wonderful theory:

"He (Dr. Len) explained that he worked at Hawaii State Hospital for four years. The ward where they kept the criminally insane was dangerous. Psychologists quit on a monthly basis. The staff called in sick a lot or simply quit. People would walk through that ward with their backs against the wall, afraid of being attacked by patients. It was not a pleasant place to live, work, or visit.

Dr. Len told me that he never saw patients. He agreed to have an office and to review their files. While he looked at those files, he would work on himself. As he worked on himself, patients began to heal. After a few months, patients that had to be shackled were being allowed to walk freely,' he told me. 'Others who had to be heavily medicated were getting off their medications. And those who had no chance of ever being released were being freed.' I was in awe. 'Not only that,' he went on, 'but the staff began to enjoy coming to work."

That is an amazing story of how forgiveness and healing really do work. Sometimes we just have to have a little bit of "blind-faith". And just trust that the healing will take place and that forgiveness will manifest.

In love and light,
Jennifer Boudreau
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