Make a resolution to let go of an old hurt. You don't have to forget to forgive, and you don't have to allow another to continuing hurting you in the same way. It's fine to set limits, but it's also good to acknowledge that at some point, carrying the burden of the hurt is doing more damage than good. It's sometimes impossible and often unnecessary to offer forgiveness directly to the one that hurt you. You still benefit by acknowledging the pain and the lesson and then allowing the resentment to recede.
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Song of the day: Not Angry Anymore by Ani DiFranco
Website of the day: Campaign for Love and Forgiveness
Movie of the day: Dead Man Walking (1995)
Letting Go ritual courtesy of loveandforgive.org
2 comments:
Excellent, Jana. And I might add: don't forget to forgive yourself. That's often the hardest thing to do .
Amen to that. Tara Brach, a Buddhist psychotherapist, has great wisdom to offer around self-forgiveness in her book "Radical Acceptance".
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