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Article 9, 2005 |
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THE
FREEDOM OF FORGIVENESS |
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We all do the best we can with the knowledge and awareness that we have at any given moment. As smart as we are, sometimes we have lapses in good judgment and make poor choices. That doesn’t mean we are bad people. It means we made some poor choices in the heat of certain moments, and while we may now be living with the consequences of those choices, they don’t define who we are. The past no longer exists, only the present moment does, and in that moment we can choose to look at our past as a means by which we learned from our experiences. If we look at our mistakes as learning tools instead of compounded failure, then we can accept our freedom from their weight and we can bound ahead. We are still worthy of enjoying our lives. As Dr. Phil McGraw says, “We can’t control how or when we die, but we can control how we live.” If we let our past or uncontrollable events in the world control us by causing us to feel so bad that we merely exist in fear instead of truly living and manifesting our greatest potential, then “they” win. If we let our past mistakes keep us from doing future good, then we and everyone else lose twice. If you were watching a race being run and a runner tripped, for whatever reason, and fell into another runner causing him to fall, what would you expect both runners to do? Would you expect them to stop everything, sit down and start whining about the unfairness of it, or blame each other about whose fault it was, or get caught up in a fight over it, or would you expect them to get back up as soon as they could and finish the race? Would you think that the one runner tripped on purpose? Not likely. Would you notice that there might have been something the runner could have done to avoid the fall if he had been more aware or trained harder? Possibly so. Would you think that the runner would have avoided the fall if he could? Probably so. Does the runner need to accept responsibility for where he places in the race because of the mistake. Definitely so. We need to recognize our mistakes or poor choices as those places where we stumble and sometimes fall but never as a place that holds us down. We need to get back up every time we fall and work to finish the race no matter where we place. Advancing your life goals requires similar letting go and moving on. As you think about your goals, take a few minutes to answer the following questions: What are you holding against yourself or someone else that would be better if you let it go? Is your self-condemnation keeping you from having what you really want? Is your need to be right keeping you from having what you really want? What might you actually gain by curbing such judgment? For example, c loser relationships, career success, and better health. Finally, how will it change your life if you forgive yourself and others on a regular basis? Set yourself free! |
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“Therefore,
since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us throw aside every weight and that sin which so
readily clings to and entangles us, and let us run with
patient endurance and steady and active persistence the
appointed course of the race that is set before us.” |
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