Today’s forgiving journal is about owning my gifts. I went to a networking breakfast this morning. Afterward, I spoke with a lovely young intern, who asked me what I did. I told her about my forgiving center idea, and she asked if I teach people to forgive. I quickly replied that I don’t teach people, … More Today’s forgiving journal: Owning my gifts
Today’s forgiving journal is about a new look at love. I thought I’d try something different today, and write some Haikus on my experience of forgiving. What I know is that when I forgive, I am doing an act of love. What I don’t know is how that loving works inside of me. What is … More Today’s forgiving journal: A New Look at Love 🙂
Today’s forgiving journal is about nurturing love. I spent a lot of my life hating my body. I had anorexia, and bulimia. I overdrank and probably oversexed. I’m admitting these things because sometimes it’s important to come clean. I’m surprised at how uncomfortable it is to write all of this down, as I’ve done a … More Today’s forgiving journal: Nurturing love
Today’s forgiving journal is about giving myself some space. I’ve lived a lot of my life on a very tight rope. Like, it’s not ok to make mistakes, it’s not ok to take a misstep, and it’s certainly not acceptable to allow anyone else to see any of this. And this has brought me into … More Today’s forgiving journal: Giving myself some space
Today’s forgiving journal is about reawakening to joy. Earlier this morning, I participated in a “forgiving circle” with beautiful people from all over the world. There were 5 of us, and it was the first forgiving circle we’ve had. One of the questions we shared about at the beginning was simply, “What’s present?” I was … More Today’s forgiving journal: Reawakening to joy
Today’s forgiving journal is about being real. I’m aware that I can speak in platitudes, and also that I can say things without thinking or checking in to see what is really going on inside of me. I’m also aware that I’m pretty hard on myself about this, and that I have a deep prayer … More Today’s forgiving journal: Being real
Today’s forgiving journal is about really seeing me. I had a forgiving circle with a good friend today. We explored a question something like, What is the deepest level of Self-forgiving I can do right now? I really went for it, and what I realized is this: the very thing that I worried about someone … More Today’s forgiving journal: Really seeing me
Today’s forgiving journal is about not taking things so seriously. Well, guess what? I took things way too seriously today!! My yogi tea bag this morning said, “The purpose of life is to enjoy every moment.” I had a feeling at that moment that this was going to be a tough day (i.e., I would … More Today’s forgiving journal: Not taking things so seriously
Today’s forgiving journal is about love love love love. I chose four “loves”, because four is my favorite number. And boy, the little girl inside of me (the one who loves 4!) needs an extra dose of loving today. So I gave it to her by… *Walking in nature *Going to a ministers’ … More Today’s forgiving journal: Love love love love
Today’s forgiving journal is about grieving loss. It’s almost like saying the same thing twice, isn’t it? “Grieving loss” …. and yet that’s what the experience feels like inside of me. The day started with me bursting over tears when I got reminded of someone that I am grieving. I didn’t even realize that tears … More Today’s forgiving journal: Grieving loss
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