Why forgive?
I'm not sure why it's so difficult for some of us to forgive. Maybe because we feel like by not forgiving, it's punishing the wrong doer for what they did. Maybe it's because we live in a society that teaches punishment over discipline. Maybe we hold onto bitterness until we learn from the situation. I am not sure.
What I am sure of is that it feels so much better to forgive. When we are tolerant and understanding of others as well as ourselves, it makes it easier to forgive. Forgiveness allows you to be free and to be at peace. Forgiveness doesn't make you a doormat. Boundaries are essential to every relationship, even with yourself. What you allow, will continue. But we can have both, forgiveness in our hearts and boundaries!
<3 Leticia Rae
“Forgiveness implies profound healing must take place. And when you walk the path of healing, forgiveness is something that happens to you and often quite spontaneously. It is as if forgiveness fall in your lap as a result of taking pervious and seemingly unrelated steps on the healing path.” -Teal Swan
“If I have harmed anyone in any way either knowingly or unknowingly through my own confusions I ask their forgiveness. If anyone has harmed me in any way either knowingly or unknowingly through their own confusions I forgive them. And if there is a situation I am not yet ready to forgive I forgive myself for that. For all the ways that I harm myself, negate, doubt, belittle myself, judge or be unkind to myself through my own confusions I forgive myself.” -A buddhist Prayer of Forgiveness
“Forgive people in your life, even those who are not sorry. Holding onto anger only hurts you, not them.”
“When you forgive someone with all your heart, even when they're not sorry, the freedom that you get is unimaginable.”
“We all screw up. Learn from it. Forgive yourself. Let it go.”
“Forgive yourself for not being at peace. The moment you completely accept your non-peace, your non-peace becomes transmuted into peace. Anything you accept fully will get you there, will take you into peace. This is the miracle of surrender.” -Eckhart Tolle
“Forgive others and forgive yourself so that you may live in peace.”
“When one forgives, two souls are set free.”
“When you forgive you heal and when you let go, you grow.”
“Love unlocks the heart and forgiveness frees the soul.”
“When you forgive someone, it's as if you are setting a prisoner free only to discover that you were the prisoner all along.” -Teal Swan
“Forgiveness is an essential ingredient of self-care. Forgive them and forgive yourself.”
“Continue to Love, Continue to Forgive. Continue to Grow.”
“Forgiveness doesn't excuse their behavior. Forgiveness prevents their behavior from destroying your heart.”
“It's time to recognize that everyone in our lives did the best they could with what they had. Including yourself. Forgiveness is medicine.'“
“If you want to bring in a new relationship, take the time to heal...release and forgive. Attract a partner not a teacher.”
When you choose to love and understand, forgiveness is inevitable. Love and understand yourself and you will always forgive yourself. Love and understand yourself and you will always forgive others. -Leticia Rae
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” -Lewis B. Sanders
“You keep forgetting. But life is not 'for getting.' Life is 'for giving,' and in order to do that, you need to be forgiving to others - especially those who did not give you what you thought were going to get!” -Neale Donald Walsch
“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.” -Steve Maraboli
“Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.”
“Today, forgive yourself. Not just once, but again and again and again...as many times as it takes to be at peace.” -Leticia Rae
“When I said, "I forgive you" to myself, everything got better.” -Bruce Van Horn
“Forgiveness implies profound healing must take place. And when you walk the path of healing, forgiveness is something that happens to you and often quite spontaneously. Is is as if forgiveness falls in your lap as a result of taking pervious and seemingly unrelated steps on the healing path.” -Teal Swan
“Understand. Forgive. Let it go. Life is too short not to.”
“To offer forgiveness is the only way for us to have it, for it reflects the law of Heaven that giving and receiving are the same.” -ACIM
“Learning how to forgive yourself is, actually, the foundation of being able to forgive others.” -Bruce Van Horn
“Forgiveness is selective remembering - a conscious decision to focus on love and let the rest go.” -Marianne Williamson
“I give people the benefit of the doubt, but when I'm don't, I'm done...unless there's changed behavior because I believe in forgiveness and second chances. EVERYONE has the ability to change and do better. I believe that.” -Leticia Rae
“I wish for the person reading this so much love, adventure, sweetness, forgiveness and grace.” -Leticia Rae
“Until we have seen someone's darkness, we don't really know who they are. Until we have forgiven someone's darkness, we don't really know what love is.” -Marianne Williamson
The act of forgiveness is a necessary and truly transformational process. You must be willing to forgive any person or situation that has caused you pain, and release them.
By hanging on to old negative thoughts and emotions you are only harming yourself and attracting even more negative energy.
It's been said that when you are unwilling to forgive someone it's like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to get sick! So, just bless the person or the situation and wish them well. Forgive them, let them go, and be willing to forgive yourself as well, if need be.
By acknowledging your positive past and releasing your negative past - you can make room for a beautiful future.
True forgiveness is extremely cathartic - it will cleanse you and set you free. It is an incredible powerful process, one that will immediately shift you from a place of pain and anger to a higher vibrational frequency of love.
