Many times we remain stuck because we stuck in past anger, hurt, resentment caused by un-forgiveness. Forgiveness is a process and best to be gentle with yourself. I found these 5 Steps assisted me to forgive.
- Stop blaming others and seeing yourself as the victim. Even though you were harmed or hurt, choose to no longer blame.
- Take responsibility for the part you played in the story. This would take some deep digging and could possibly be a bit painful. Growth can be messy.
- Forgive yourself and remember you only did what you knew at that stage of your journey.
- Take the lesson from what you have learnt from the experience to assist you if you should go through a similar experience or to assist another going through the same experience.
- Stop re-hashing the old story and start focusing on what you want in your life and start building your new story one step at a time. And remember God forgave you for your sins ..this always reminds me that there is something called unconditional love even if it means to love others from a distance. Eleanor.
