"I forgive you"!!
Powerful words to start this blog piece with and then continue. This was one of those writings that took me a moment to get it together. It took awhile to structure the thoughts so it would unfold itself as you read. that being said, here we go.
The price we pay to forgive others is not as simple as "I forgive You".
There are so many pieces involved. We have to sort through the reasons.
We have to list the pros and cons.
All kinds of questions.
"Why"?
"Is this person worth it"?
"Why did they put themselves or myself for that matter through all this"?
Etc... Listing them all are repetitive at most and tiring at the least.
If you want to forget something, someone or moments then, you forgive that person things or yourself.
Forgiving erases the ordeal, the issue etc. because it no longer has power over you No longer has power over your feelings.
No longer has power over your time!
"It ain't me"
The price of freedom is to forgive.!!
If you want, you have to give. What you put out comes back. The "Ying" and "Yang".
As simple as it sounds it can hover over you.
It can rob you of time.
It can stop you from moving forward.
It is powerful indeed.
But it is only as powerful as what you give it. You have the choice! You have the key!
Not only do you want to forgive the other side, the other person.
You want to most importantly and without hesitation, "yourself."
Sounding simplistic?
Let me break it down.
You have allowed the person, the incident to take control over your emotions, over you.
No one else!
It is your fault!
You allowed that person, that thing to cause you pain, cause you suffering and cause you to cry.
Ok!
Go ahead and cry . Release that emotion and then let it go. It no longer takes up your day. It no longer causes you to lose sleep. It has no power to control you....
So, I am left with this question I ask of myself every day.
I start the moment I wake up or sometimes later when I am just plain stuck and the idea of even cleaning the house stops me dead in my tracks.
The question is...
"How free, do you want to be now?" .
Go ahead, try it!
"How free do you want to be now?"
Already lighter? Already taking you out of all that and into all this.
The question is how much longer do you want to be upset or stifled by it all?
Stop giving power to any of it.
"Forgive the incident!"
"Forgive the person!"
"Forgive You!"
"Forgive You!"
Concerned by other people's opinion. Concerned by other people's judgements!
Concerned!
No more. The key word is "Other". Other has nothing to do with me, with you, nothing.
The free that you now become is unparalleled to being held captive by some one, something else outside yourself.
This is truly all about you.
Forgive you?....
I already did!!
Thank you to all the new readers and the faithful ones. I know some of these blogs can be intense. But this is all about moving you, moving myself forward. "Do it"