Self-Forgiveness – FIRST!

Week three of continuing to revisit the 5 Key Principles.
Two key factors regarding forgiveness – the forgiveness of ourselves and of others.
My freedom is remembering that no person, no event, no place, or thing can block the light that I am. My healing is to live from that premise.
“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” – Mark Twain
Please Note: I am changing the above on our website to reflect the first and most important reality of forgiveness – the forgiveness of self!
Four years ago, those Principles were out of an inquiry within my soul – What were the most important practices I have learned for my own healing and well-being? They are not new – but Universal – and are a way of life for me.
In these most recent years, I have realized the deep unforgiveness I carried within myself and created judgments that I unconsciously placed upon others. Through my recent personal therapy, I have been able to see the pain I carried within my body issues. See the website and book by Angel Howard – who was a keynote at our closing Big Sky Retreat this year. She is amazing, and I look forward to having her on Mind Your Own Becoming Zoom Programming.
I want to be the observer of this life journey – not the judge and executioner of myself or others. I want to honor the distance I have travelled and see my life in new light, care, and regard. I choose to observe and be accountable for areas I need to own regarding my past and others.
I will add to that, I have taken account of the cruel and self-condemning thoughts I have held against myself through the years that created dark nights and harmful and addictive behavior!
I believe in my 80’s I gained more insight than all my 55 years of ministry combined.
Forgiving is not condoning a generational history of abuse, and the ongoing violence within humanity we see, however, I know the self-condemning within me and the unforgiveness within my own soul contributes to the world consciousness daily. I choose to love this man Charles as profoundly as I have sought to convey love to others. I choose to convey personal amends wherever I can where hurt has been from my false judgments or behavior.
I want to stand on the Healing Bridge – for myself and all – and live from an inner Peace within my soul that I carry forward daily, without exception for all.
If I am still breathing in this realm my forgiveness is ongoing, I am grateful that I have come to realize doing the healing and forgiving within myself is the most vital of all.