Forgiveness Free Pass
We are taught that when we forgive others we give ourselves the greater gift. And that when we hold on to unforgiveness it’s like ingesting poison hoping the other person will suffer. And that’s bad, and kind of a stupid plan to your being awesome today.
But what about the unforgiveness we hold against ourselves, huh? Aren’t we harder on us than anybody else? Who exactly does that serve? Um, no one.
As human beings we are very good at beating ourselves up for what we did, or didn’t do. It holds us back. We’re grown up smart people and we know this. But we wrap the noose tighter anyway. For years and years. How awful is that?
Lower animal creatures, like the squirrels in my yard, don’t seem too concerned about what they did or didn’t do yesterday. Or that the squirrel down the street muscled in on their territory, or ran off with a slimmer squirrel.
Every day they show up to do their job: to be squirrels. They gather a slew of acorns; shove ‘em in their cheeks until it burdens them enough to unload them in their hiding place.
But I sense no despair or self-loathing as they hunt and gather and unload. In fact, they chirp and chase each other in fun, until something bigger (my dog) comes along and chases them away. I sense that’s all part of the game, a hierarchy of cat and mouse. And the animals get it.
Today, let’s be like squirrels. Gather up all the things you can’t forgive yourself for doing or not doing and unload them in a hiding place.
Hand your FREE PASS over to the Universe.
Say: “I forgive myself for…[Insert a fault, any fault here]” and go outside and play like a squirrel, or bark like a dog.
Awesome Forgiveness