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posted by callista22001 on October 26, 2007 at 4:37 PM | link to this | reply

Troosha

I've just come across this; I found it very insightful. Some of it stuck with me, and I need to keep it in mind. Forgiving is the easy part; forgetting is harder. 

posted by mneme on September 21, 2007 at 2:41 AM | link to this | reply

troosha

lovely post, and very true.  forgiveness is as much a blessing to the forgiver as to the forgiven.  holding on to anger or hatred only continues to make one a victim.  forgiving those who have harmed you strengthens and frees you.  I will be reading more of your posts.

posted by eponymous on August 22, 2007 at 9:26 PM | link to this | reply

100 %!

I Agree. Forgiveness has nothing to do with the other person. It is letting go of anger.

We should never forget to forgive ourselves also because guilt is just a bad as anger - or worse maybe!

Your blog is full of wisdom

 

 

posted by Sheilah on August 9, 2007 at 11:26 AM | link to this | reply

Glad I am catching up on greta advice while U catch my haiku. Shalom T

 sowing and harvesting

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posted by salem8 on August 1, 2007 at 1:37 PM | link to this | reply

great quote.

here's your thursday rose

posted by Jaahda on June 20, 2007 at 7:58 PM | link to this | reply

We must forgiven to be forgiven

posted by 1TimeSoldier on March 19, 2007 at 9:40 AM | link to this | reply

Very good post on the importance of forgiveness for the forgiver

Just a little aside that for the one being forgiven, that forgiveness has to be accepted by them for them to heal.  I only mention this from the theological context of God being the forgiver and we being the ones forgiven.

Carl Peter

posted by cpklapper on January 29, 2007 at 7:32 PM | link to this | reply

I learned something about forgiveness

when I realized that it does not happen until creating a better future becomes more important than 'getting even' over something in the past.

posted by Ciel on January 22, 2007 at 10:54 PM | link to this | reply

Troosha

Well said, and a very important aspect of long term sobriety and mental health.

posted by WileyJohn on January 18, 2007 at 5:41 PM | link to this | reply

Troosha.. I read something else about forgiveness

and thought of this post. The punishment for anger in hell being dismemberment.. was what it said..I thought a long time about that. If forgiveness is the cure for anger..then apparentley the "in pieces" feeling when anger is allowed to fester goes back to its punishment.. and those pieces truly cant be put back with out forgiveness. I hope my crazy thoughts are making some sense on paper...

posted by OTA. on January 16, 2007 at 11:48 AM | link to this | reply

Troosha.. you have a great deal of wisdom.

Peace

posted by OTA. on January 15, 2007 at 9:29 AM | link to this | reply

Troosha

I can relate to the title of this blog.  I am broken, but fixn' myself!    There is so much power in forgiveness.  In all honesty, I say I've forgiven the wrongs of many.  There are a handful of people who I have difficulty trusting due to a consistent pattern of mishaps, but ultimately, the power of forgiveness has been spriritually freeing!  Wonderful thoughts!

posted by Presley on January 15, 2007 at 9:18 AM | link to this | reply

Troosha

Until about a few years ago, I subscribed to 'killing the opponent'. Things have changed for me now, but the trace remaining, it still surfaces, though reduced in their frequency and intensity. My violence used to take me to the verge of madness.

posted by Bhaskar.ing on January 12, 2007 at 7:26 AM | link to this | reply

Troosha, lack of forgiveness thwarts all spiritual progress. We cannot move forward when shackled by the weight of unforgiveness. When one realizes that it is she who the coal burns, the coal is dropped immediately. When one is freed of the poisons of anger, hatred, revenge, resentment, if an injury occurs, she releases the poisons at once upon their arising. They are too onerous, too destructive to carry. MoonSpirit

posted by chitravathi_moon on January 9, 2007 at 6:38 PM | link to this | reply

Excellent post.

posted by Chilitree on January 9, 2007 at 12:35 AM | link to this | reply

A learning process for sure

Forgiveness... one of my own studies lately.

posted by jeanniezer0 on January 9, 2007 at 12:27 AM | link to this | reply

Excellent, Troosha and included the most important

point which often others neglect to mention. The one who committed the offense does not have to forgive or show regret, or ask forgivness in order for one to find peace in letting go of the pain and forgiving. Thanks for the reminder! faholo

posted by faholo on January 8, 2007 at 12:32 PM | link to this | reply

posted by star4sky5 on January 8, 2007 at 11:39 AM | link to this | reply