What is forgiveness?
Self esteem Newsletter Issue # 15
Forgiveness is a choice that will help you to feel better about yourself and increase your self esteem. Forgiveness is a choice to love yourself more. I have become aware that there are a lot of misconceptions about what forgiveness is and I would like to point out what is it:
- Forgiveness is not denying what happened. Is not justifying the behavior. By forgiving you are not saying that what the person did is ok.
- Is not freeing other people. Is about freeing yourself from the anger , resentment , violence and revenge. Is an internal process. Is freeing yourself not the other.
- It no seeing the person that hurt you. Once forgiving is done to them you have the choice to move on. You can choose to see the person that hurt you or not. Is a choice.
- To move on does not mean that you are holding resentment. It is a choice to surround yourself with more loving people. To move on is also taking a decision to say or to leave.
- Forgiveness is not to avoid somebody. If you truly forgive somebody and let's say that you have to keep seeing him/her for some reason, you can do it. Is being open and flexible because you do not hold resentment any more.
It means that because you have let go of all resentment and hurt, you are not emotionally charged with anger anymore and you won't t have any problem talking to him/her. - Is not telling the other people you are forgiving them, it is an internal process that you do to yourself.
The importance of forgiveness
Why forgiving?. Because it will help you to move on in your life. Keeping resentment, violence and the desire of revenge will take away all your energy. It will make you frustrated and eventually end up with depression. By willing to forgive you are allowing yourself to stop wasting time and energy on anger. And use that energy to do something for yourself, it is a gift you give to yourself.
The first and most important step is to acknowledge and be aware the harm that was done to you. The next step is that you have to be willing to feel the pain, express the anger, and then you will be ready. Forgiveness set you free and make you feel better about yourself, and your self-love and self-respect will increase.
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