I believe wholeheartedly that forgiveness leads to gratitude and vice versa. When we are grateful, we are more apt to be forgiving. And when we forgive, we are grateful for so much than we could imagine ourselves capable of. There are so many correlations between forgiving and being grateful, and one can only reap the …
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Forgiving Our Past
Moving Past Those Things Which Haunt Us It seems appropriate being so close to Halloween to blog about those things which have haunted our past and, more than likely, our dreams - wide awake or when asleep. You know, those things which either we did, or someone did to us, and we just can't seem …
Forgiveness: Learning to Let Go
As I re-read my first post of the year on forgiveness, I realized one of the ways I didn't cover to better develop a forgiving heart is that of letting go. We so often want to hang on to all those things that hurt us. Why? Perhaps, so that we can see when it's happening …
Forgiveness As a Lifestyle
When a person chooses not to forgive but to hold onto slights against another, they choose isolation, sadness, heartbreak, and even more. Whether feeling slighted and choosing to hold onto the hurt is of merit or not, withholding forgiveness simply seals us into being miserable forever. We may deny the effect of not forgiving others, …
Three Keys to Forgiving
Three things which have helped me forgive others, and also the past, are learning to let go, move on, and start fresh. From the time we are young, we are presented with moments where we have to choose to forgive or not to forgive. A sibling or classmate knocks our stack of blocks down. A …
Forgive Now Not Tomorrow
Forgiving today or when an injustice or misunderstanding occurs is not always as easy as it sounds. But the passage of time can be an enemy to resolving issues and establishing a better relationship with a loved one or colleague. Tomorrow doesn't guarantee that we will have the time or the courage to deal with …
Forgiveness Times Seventy
Lent is a good time to talk about forgiveness and how many times we should be willing to forgive someone. Things happen all year long; every day of our life. Forgiving seven times, or seven times seventy means to continually forgive others and self. Seven times seventy is really such a broad number that I …
Girl Lost: Forgiveness of Self
Forgiving self is one of the hardest things I have ever done. Sure, forgiving others can be hard, too, depending on the situation - whether they meant to be hurtful or deceiving or whether they ask for forgiveness. But sometimes, we let too much time pass by, and those hurts build up. Sadly, the person …
A is for Absolution
One of the things I like most about confession in the Catholic church - and I honestly don't go as often as I should to appreciate its benefits more fully - is being reminded by someone whom I've just confessed to that I am forgiven. Sure, I'm supposed to know that I am already, especially …
Virginia Alice Crawford 