Today’s forgiving blog is to share love. Since I was a little girl, I have wanted to receive love. Basically, I wanted something outside of myself to love me, or if not at least to fill me up inside temporarily. I’ve looked to men, friends, work, food, alcohol, cigarettes, and exercise. And actually, probably bottom … More Today’s forgiving journal: Share love
Note: this is a work in progress so may be a little rambly. Trust is something I haven’t wanted to look at. Here I am, looking…. Today’s forgiving blog is about trust. How can I trust myself? What does that even mean? My spiritual teacher John Morton goes to the dictionary when he wants to … More Today’s forgiving blog: Trust
Today’s forgiving blog is about being me. I got feedback today from someone that all of the things about me that are not truly in alignment with what I want …. or who I am … (or something like that anyway!) are being brought to me so I can let them go. She also … More Today’s forgiving journal: Being me
Today’s forgiving blog is about releasing barriers to love. This morning, I woke up after having had a very intense dream. I was somewhat shaken and felt alone. I don’t think I realized how vulnerable I felt until a good friend emailed me this Rumi quote: “Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other … More Today’s forgiving journal: Releasing barriers to love
Today’s forgiving journal is about slowing down. This morning, I tweeted a quote from my spiritual teacher. It happens to be from a book on forgiveness! “The physical world will always be a reflection. The inner world will always be a reality.”~John-Roger (From: Forgiveness, The Key to the Kingdom) One would think perhaps this would … More Today’s forgiving journal: Slowing down
Today’s forgiving blog is about receiving love….and a laugh. I had a hard day today. Just full of grief. Or it felt that way anyway. Funny, because today I went to my ministers’ meeting. (I’m a minister in an alternative spiritual group called the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness) The presence … More Today’s forgiving journal: Receving love…and a laugh
Today’s forgiving blog is about the power of loving. I had coffee with a very interesting man today, who asked me a lot about forgiveness. He didn’t understand the value of it (which was really cool to me, because it helped me look at exactly why it’s so valuable to me!). In the course of … More Today’s forgiving journal: The power of loving
Today’s forgiving blog is about shifting my attitude. I had a hard day today. It started out well enough, had coffee with two lovely friends…did some fulfilling work….picked up my bib for a race I’m running tomorrow. Then, about halfway through the day, I just went downhill. I got really sad. And angry. And grieving … More Today’s forgiving journal: Shifting my attitude
Today’s forgiveness blog is about believing in myself. I went to the UN today for a meeting of spiritual folks. At first, as I was preparing, I was nervous, and then I checked the website. I saw that the group was focused on inner stillness as a way to send Light and blessings to the … More Today’s forgiving journal: Believing in myself
Today’s forgiveness blog is on saying no to being self-critical. Earlier tonight, I was talking to someone who I deeply care about. He was just barraging himself with his own words. At one point, I just stopped him and said, “Stop being so self-critical.” I kept repeating it and repeating it, like it was … More Today’s forgiving journal: Saying no to being self-critical
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