“Forgive everyone everything.”
I’m really glad they waited half way through their list before they hit me with this one.
I used to tell people that the personalities of my spouse and I were so different. When it came to anger or being mad, he’d explode, get it all out of his system then move on. I pouted, sulked, took names and kept score.
Forgiveness is something we all want, so why is it so very hard to give?
Flash back to the life lesson telling you not to hold onto your anger because it only hurts you. Not forgiving someone is also only hurting yourself. Keeping it all inside and letting it fester is an open wound. The more important thing to me is not the “how” you get it done, but the “when”.
It’s also an action that happens at your own pace. My mind told me after my husband’s first affair that the only way to work it out, and stay together, was for me to be able to forgive his infidelity. My heart said, “Say what?” – but I worked on it, it was tough, and eventually I got there.
And then he goes and does it again . . . so I worked on it again, harder.
Forgiving him isn’t saying what he did was alright, or that it didn’t matter. Forgiveness is not giving the person who hurt you an excuse, or a get outta jail card free. Forgiveness freed me to move on and become a better, happier, healthier person. Forgiveness is a “work in progress” – but it won’t progress unless you actually try it, embrace it, and give it a chance.
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