~ FORGIVENESS ~
Don’t carry a grudge. While you’re carrying the grudge, the other guy’s out dancing.
Don’t carry a grudge. While you’re carrying the grudge, the other guy’s out dancing.
Buddy Hackett
I have spent so much of my life wanting and, in my sickest moments, demanding amends from others. I truly have been treated poorly, wrongly and unfairly. But when I focus on how someone else owes me apologies and amends, I’m keeping myself in a negative attitude while trying to change someone else.
One of the best parts of Twelve Step recovery for me has been to let go of these grudges. I work on forgiving people. It sounds wacky, but forgiving them (not forgetting) allows me to let it go. One way I can find forgiveness is to know they never asked themselves how they could make me miserable today. From there, I can wish them well. It has been an absolute blessing to let go of these things rather than waiting for these people to make amends to me.
One day at a time…
I will remember that no one is intentionally doing harm to me. Forgiveness is a much more serene place.
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