Forgiveness Means Not Letting
Past Pain Determine Present
Or Future Actions
Forgiveness Offers Freedom –
Freedom From Pain
Freedom of Thought And Action
Forgiveness Does NOT Mean Forget,
Stuffing Our Feelings Or
Letting Others Hurt Us Again
Forgiveness Does NOT Mean Failing To Fight For What Is Right And Good
Holding On To Resentments And Grievances IS A Decision To Suffer And Make Others Suffer
Resentments and revenge ruin and run present and future moments. Resentment allows past pain to control us, our feelings and actions. That’s not the way to happiness and spiritual success.
Happy people don’t hold on to misery. They resolve to learn from bad experiences, gain from their pain and move forward. Unnecessary suffering is masochistic, inflicting pain on others sadistic.
Forgiveness does not mean “Door Mat.” People who don’t fight for their rights and freedom loose them!
None of the great religious or spiritual leaders in history were wimps. They all took strong stands and fought for their beliefs. Habitually Happy people are NOT Wimps. They do refuse to be controlled by past pain. They resolve to let pain go quickly.
They make good decisions based on accurate assessments of reality, worthwhile goals and positive intentions.
Forgiveness Means Not Letting Past Pain Control Present And Future Actions. It Offers Freedom From Pain And Angry Decisions. Forgiveness Does NOT Mean Forget. It Does NOT Mean Failing To Fight For What Is Right!
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I agree with you because many of us have a tendency to hold a grudge towards the person that may have hurt our feelings or has made us suffer in some way. There were two quotes that really stood out to me and one of them were “Resentments and revenge ruin and run present and future moments. Resentment allows past pain to control us, our feelings and actions. That’s not the way to happiness and spiritual success.” I could relate to this quote for the reason that I was holding a grudge towards my cousin because we got into a huge argument so I stopped talking to him for a year. However as time went by, I realized I needed to forgive him because deep inside I was hurt and sad and I knew to happy I had forgive him. As soon as I forgave him I was happy and I no longer had bitterness towards him. I was happy. From that point on I learned from my experience and understood that the key to happiness is to forgive others. This is something hard for me and others. But as you said “Happy people don’t hold to misery. They resolve to learn from the bad experiences, gain from their pain and move forward. Unnecessary suffering is masochistic, inflicting pain on others sadistic.” As I read this quote it made figured out that if you’re holding a grudge towards someone all you simply have to do is forgive that person and move on with your life. Thanks for the AMAIZING BLOG!