Forgive & Let it Go Now

Relax, take a load of and focus upon the words that I am about to share with you. I held on to my gripe with a friend, lets call him Bob for years. My gripe kept transforming and growing into to envy, bitterness, and utter discuss. At the rate I was going with this Bob could have been the first person placed on my first drafted hatred list.

“When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.” Catherine Ponder

It was then that I realized that no person deserved to have this much power over my emotions.

Why You Should Forgive Others?
When you are upset with a person over something, you begin carrying them on your back along with their issues. Let me take this a step further.

The longer you hold on to disagreements, gripes and grudges the more time this person spends with you, before long they are sleeping with you, eating with you, and living with you fulltime. Do you see where I am going with this?

Imagine 20 people get you upset and you never let this go. Can you imagine the magnitude this will have on your health, mind and life? Hundreds of thousands of people already do this. And people wonder why their lives are full of stress and anxiety.

“In the long run, it's not a question of whether they deserve to be forgiven. You're not forgiving them for their sake. You're doing it for yourself. For your own health and well-being, forgiveness is simply the most energy-efficient option. It frees you from the incredibly toxic, debilitating drain of holding a grudge. Don't let these people live rent free in your head. If they hurt you before, why let them keep doing it year after year in your mind? It's not worth it but it takes heart effort to stop it. You can muster that heart power to forgive them as a way of looking out for yourself. It's one thing you can be totally selfish about.” Doc Childre and Howard Martin, The HeartMath Solution

Forgiveness is an essential human attribute. Forgiveness helps us come to grips with the reality that we are all make mistakes because we are human.

It also gives us time to reflect upon our actions in this matter. When you exercise forgiveness you get a closer look at what God does for us when we ask him for forgiveness.

Forgiveness helps us move forward in life with hope. Forgiveness helps usher in a parade of peace into our lives.

Why You Have to Forgive Yourself?
There are so many people who have held themselves guilty in the court of circumstances because of something they allowed, or failed to do and somewhat was hurt as a result of this. These individuals go through life miserable because they have not taken the time to forgive themselves.

I have watched talk shows where a person was requested to someone’s sickbed before they passed away, but they didn’t get there in time. Now they feel as though they betrayed them. What should I say to these individuals? Forgive yourself and let it go.

There is a parent reading this, which has let their child down and you are beating yourself up even now. I encourage you dear parent to forgive yourself and let it go.

I know someone who sent their child somewhere something tragic happened to them. Forgive yourself and let it go.

I have friends who have broken a past lover’s heart and feel they can never forgive themselves. Stop being upset with yourself, forgive yourself and let it go.

Whatever you have been beating yourself up about, get over it, I encourage you to forgive yourself and let it go. You will see how much better life can be when you forgive others and yourself.

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was YOU.” Author Unknown