Why Is It So Difficult To Forgive?
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You will not forgive them as long as the focus is on them rather than on you.
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Why Is It So Difficult To Forgive?
- 1. Why Is It So Difficult to Forgive? http://www.elsabesmit.com
- 2. http://www.elsabesmit.com • Forgiveness is not “I will look down on you and turn the other cheek so that I can be a martyr”
- 3. http://www.elsabesmit.com • Forgiveness is not “I will be the judge, jury and executioner, and forgive but never forget”
- 4. http://www.elsabesmit.com • Lack of forgiveness eats away at you • Cancer • Blocked arteries • Other ailments
- 5. http://www.elsabesmit.com • What is forgiveness?
- 6. http://www.elsabesmit.com • We have conflict throughout our lives and on many levels • Work colleagues • Friends • Relatives • Ourselves
- 7. http://www.elsabesmit.com • We cannot avoid conflict • We are all actors on the stage called life • Conflict forces us to learn about ourselves
- 8. http://www.elsabesmit.com • Sometimes the lessons are easy • Clash on a sports field • Forgive your opponent for hurting you as part of the game
- 9. http://www.elsabesmit.com • Other times the lessons are more serious • A friend stabs you in the back • You ignored the warning signals and your intuition • You chose to let the situation get out of hand
- 10. http://www.elsabesmit.com • Do you say “Now I know that next time I should trust my intuition”? • Do you say “that person is a so-and-so and I will never forgive him” ?
- 11. http://www.elsabesmit.com • While you lie awake and get angry about how you were treated, that person sleeps like a baby and does not care
- 12. http://www.elsabesmit.com • The lesson is all about • You • Your experience • Your understanding • And none about the person you need to forgive
- 13. http://www.elsabesmit.com • Why is it so difficult to forgive?
- 14. http://www.elsabesmit.com • We get stuck on the thoughts of injustice • We never move on
- 15. http://www.elsabesmit.com • Ask yourself “What am I learning” every time the thought appears. • Eventually the answer will appear
- 16. http://www.elsabesmit.com • When you no longer have “negative” thoughts about the person you need to forgive, the answer appears.
- 17. http://www.elsabesmit.com • When you fully understand, the knowledge is embedded in your body cells • Then you have forgiven and you can move on
- 18. http://www.elsabesmit.com • How long does forgiveness take? • How long is a piece of string?
- 19. http://www.elsabesmit.com • Start moving from resentment to forgiveness today • Ask “What’s in it for me?” • Keep going until you have forgiven all your enemies