I have personally watched the evidence of this violence that Gilbert speaks of reflected in people dear and close to mes HEALTH... b/c they resisted to LET THE HATE HEAL, HEAL THE HATE.... I have watched special someones grow ill very rapidly who had the choice... because as Gilbert relates here... it most certainly is.... We absolutely all do possess freewill. Funnier thing is, i still watch people after suffering a great health scare hang on for dead life to harbor the hate and completely proclaim, Ill never forgive so and so and such and such....(their list is super long at this point, sadly.) Elizabeth Gilbert makes very POWERFUL statements here for all of us to remember. I think many people, simply do not fully understand what forgiveness actually IS, which is why they do not choose it. (Not like we ever learn this valuable practice in school or anything ;) ) Not allowing forgiveness is a complete addiction. Addictions, whether they are substance, or emotional, are the ones in control, and running our show, not us. Thats because I was addicted to my own storyline — addicted to how wrong that other person was, addicted to how unfair that situation was, addicted to how right I was, addicted to how hurt I was. The only person who is harmed by your lack of forgiveness is YOU. When you forgive somebody, you are not saying that you approve of their behavior. You are not saying that what they did was right. You are not saying that you will ever allow them to harm you again. You are not even saying that you would welcome them back into your life (and in many cases, thats not even an option — because sometimes the people whom we most need to forgive are long dead.) You are only saying that you will not allow your anger and your pain to control your life anymore. Because your anger and your pain are poison. ~Elizabeth Gilbert And if youve take the time out of your busy Facebook world to get this far down my personal post, maybe you would also like to read, Whats Really in a Word? and What else FORGIVENESS means in our lives. Lets #Spelloutthetruth sharitastar/word-ponder-forgiveness/
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:55:32 +0000
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