Today’s Forgiving Friday’s is A Poem on the Labyrinth
I just want to say that I have so many prayers to forgiveness.
“ForgivingFridays” is a weekly invitation for you to take action to forgive today (or any day this week!) and post about it on your blog, or on Facebook or other social media, using #ForgivingFridays and #Iforgive.
Today, I read a poem to forgive for #ForgivingFridays. My intention is to share the love and open to greater forgiveness. I was scared (and excited), and I did it!!
I forgive myself for judging myself for my expression. I let it go, and I am grateful to me for my vulnerability.
What would you like to forgive? I encourage you to share it! You could post a poem, or a photo that helps you to forgive, or a quote on forgiveness, and you can also simply say, “I forgive”. Whatever connects for you.
Last week, one beautiful blogger, Miriam from The Showers of Blessings, joined in #ForgivingFridays with a poem that inspires forgiveness for her. Click here to read her post. Thank you, Miriam. You are a shining example of courage, vulnerability and love. ❤
Forgiveness starts inside. My commitment is to learn that with every fiber of my being. And I invite you to join me, however that creates a safe space inside of you.
See my super cool poem for this week, and my reading of it on YouTube! (OMG) I love you.
******
Here are the guidelines of this challenge:
- Write a post to share your contribution on forgiveness anytime up until next Wednesday night! Free free to be creative – there’s LOTS of space for your expression! Whatever inspire forgiving for you
- Please tag your post with #ForgivingFridays (if you’re not sure about how tags work, please check out this WordPress article about tagging posts)
- Create a pingback link to this post. This way, I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week
- Have fun creating your own form of forgiving, of loving YOU!!
Out of the Love
I wrote this poem on the labyrinth – the curves help me to relax and soothe my mind. Frank, here’s my contribution for your photo challenge, curves! What a blessing.
My heart
streams
It floods
joy in the
-Wait! Out of the
Box! Why? What
does it Going
to do? Is it
true – what is
truth –
Breathe. OK, and
now this is you
Forgive it, and
Forget it. God
What is the “d”
for you to end
your name? Please,
I need to
-What is it? Out
of the Box. Does
It STOP the mind.
Yes. Breathe. This
is you. – Be now.
“D” is for de-light.
This is love
Why? Based on what
the YOU is. Concerned?
Oh Beloved, flood your
heart w/love
Forgive it is the BOX.
-D. Roth
Debbie. What a beautiful post. I love your poem. Happy St Patrick’s Day. xx
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh Brigid, thank you! So glad it touched you. Sending you blessings, and YES Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Love your blog 🙂 Debbie
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wonderful! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Emily! It was so expansive and creative and fun (and a little scary) to do! ❤ Have a wonderful weekend. Blessings, Debbie
LikeLiked by 1 person
You too!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beautiful! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Karen! Good luck on the LA Marathon tomorrow. You are so inspirational, and you’re going to do great. ❤ Let me know how it goes. Blessings, Debbie
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hi Debbie! Thanks so much for all the encouragement! I loved it! I was looking for you during the run and thought I might’ve heard you or seen you but wasn’t sure. It was quite THE adventure and I just wrote about it. I’m so very grateful and relieved and happy. I did better than expected but there was one moment when I thought I wouldn’t make it. So I will never take this experience for granted and cherish it forever 🙂 Thanks again! Karen
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh yay, Karen! I am so proud of you and happy for you! I feel like I want to chat with you about it (I feel like I know you). I’m off for the evening, and so I’ll check out your blog post soon. ❤ Sending you blessings, and be sure to drink water and STRETCH. You did such a good job, congratulations. Blessings, Debbie
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Debbie! Tonight I’m definitely stretching and foam rolling more. I spend the whole day just resting and taking in lots of fluids and electrolytes. And eating! 🙂 Yesterday I could not move an inch! lol 🙂 Thanks Debbie and have a great evening!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Great poem! Just what I needed today, Debbie. I did something foolish this week but because I didn’t know and now I can’t forgive myself. I forgive others so easily but not myself. Thanks for inspiring me. Blessings 💗💗💗🌈
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh Mary, I am so glad to hear this. I acknowledge you for your willingness to forgive yourself!! It takes so much courage, and you deserve it. Deeply, deeply deserve it. I love you, Mary. Blessings, Debbie
LikeLike
Flooding the heart with love, that gives us the much-needed peace…such a nice poem, Debbie 🙂 Also loved Miriam’s poem on the theme of forgiveness….
Hope you had a nice weekend, have a great week ahead… ❤
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you! I wrote that poem in less than 5 minutes. It just came out. 😊 And yes, isn’t Miriam’s poem beautiful? Good to have you here. Feel free to contribute to Forgiving Fridays anytime. Many blessings, Debbie
LikeLike
Such a beautiful poem Debbie. I need to forgive myself too for bad decisions I’ve made in the past that continue to haunt me. Your words always help. Thank you. xo
LikeLiked by 1 person
You are so welcome, Miriam. Br gentle with yourself. Remember that grace is always available to you, my friend. I love you, Debbie 😊 xo
LikeLiked by 1 person
Love you too Debbie xo
LikeLiked by 1 person
Keep writing the poetry, Debbie. It is beautiful, like you! With loving.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Anne. Wow, I deeply heard this message. Loving you.
LikeLike
So much imagination. You really pour yourself into your writing Debbie. Thankful to be your blog friend. Blessings. xo
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh Rhonda, I am so thankful to be your blog friend too. ❤ However did we find each other? By grace. Many blessings, and have a wonderful week. ~Debbie
LikeLike
HI Debbie– are you finding time for your writing?? wonder how it’s going… Blessings. xo
LikeLike
Beautiful poem and reading! Great post!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks so much, Frank! Your photo challenge inspires me. 🙂 Blessings, Debbie
LikeLiked by 1 person
A beautiful poem Debbie and I love the way you read it – your natural breathing spaces really brought it to life 💖 xxx
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh, really Xenia? ❤ Thank you! I'm just learning how to read poetry, so I truly appreciate this feedback. Good to connect with you. Sending blessings your way, my friend. ~Debbie
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Debbie :o) xxx
LikeLiked by 1 person
Lovely poem and photo, Debbie!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Miriam, thank you. Lovely to share the love of poetry with you 🙂 Have a beautiful rest of your week. ~Debbie
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you. Well done!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Today I made a contribution to ForgivingFridays. I used the link to this post. I hope I did everything right 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes I see it! For some reason, I didn’t get the pingback on my post, so I am very glad that you commented ❤ I'm going to find out what happened. In the meantime, I will most certainly include your GORGEOUS poem in my next Forgiving Fridays. So blessed to know you … Much love, Debbie
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh! I am sorry …please let me know if I can fix something at my end. I took my time to understand and do this right. So do help me learn if I missed something. The link I provided does open to your post, when I checked. That is a pingback right?
LikeLiked by 1 person
You are a sweetheart! I found out what the issue was – it’s a minor tweak. You did great. 😊 I’ll respond again when I’m at my computer so I can send you the correct link for the ping back. 💜 More soon. Love to you. I placed you in the Light in my morning meditation today.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Aww! You held me in the most precious space possible…and got me all teary. Truly infinite gratitude for this gift, dear Debbie.
LikeLiked by 1 person
You got it ❤ You are such a blessing to me. I appreciate your blog so much. Thanks for contributing to #ForgivingFridays. Do so anytime!! Blessings my friend -Debbie
LikeLiked by 1 person
OK, so here is the answer: you linked to my post using the link from the Reader, https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/109774809/posts/2373, not the actual link to my post.
So all you need to do is edit your post and make sure it links to my actual post (not the one on the Reader). That link if helpful is: https://forgivingconnects.com/2017/03/17/todays-forgiving-fridays-a-poem-on-the-labyrinth/
That will generate a pingback! Thank you so much, and it is really fun to do forgiveness work with you. ❤ Blessings, Debbie
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ah! I really appreciate you taking the time to help me understand. I replaced the link with the actual one. Please let me know if it worked or kindly guide me further to make this better as you intended. Thank you for your patience with my learning 🙂
Yes, it very fun with you!
LikeLiked by 1 person
YES! It worked. Yay. ❤ We did it – teamwork o' love. ❤ Thanks and have a blessed weekend.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yayy! 🙂 Work of love it is!
LikeLiked by 1 person