Forgiveness Frees You

Asking-for-forgiveness-thumb19046727As I shared here recently on this new Bittersweet Year Blog and on my Sugar Shock Blog, lately,  I’ve  needed to take time to Take Back My Power and recover from a grueling, but tender Bittersweet Last Year with Mom. (My mother passed away recently after valiantly defeating stage 4 lung cancer for a year.)

Recently, I realized that to fully heal, I needed to do lots and lots of forgiving.

So I’m now on a Mission to Forgive.
 
I’ve been immersing myself in thoughts and exercises to forgive.

For instance, I love this quote from best-selling author and metaphysical lecturer Louise Hay:
 
“Forgiveness of yourself and of others will release you from the prison of the past.”

Anyhow, my forgiveness list is very, very long.

For instance, I need to forgive Mom for inadvertently being verbally abusive to me as the cancer was taking over her brain and body.

I need to forgive myself for not having moved across country sooner so I could be there for Mom. (First, I met contractual deadlines for my then upcoming book, Beyond Sugar Shock.)

I need to forgive the person(s) (was it a caregiver?) who stole or was given Mom’s valuable watch, gorgeous diamond-and-sapphire earrings, and a beautiful diamond ring she always when we went to the opera together. (They had huge sentimental value to me.)

I also need to forgive the caregiver, who turned my mother against me a week before she died.
 
And I need to forgive relatives, who haven’t shared condolences with me because of a family feud, an inheritance from my mother.
 
Anyhow, the good news is that forgiveness frees you.
 
Now that I’m forgiving, I’m feeling lighter, more optimistic, and more determined to forgive. And now, I’m making plans for something very exciting that involves both forgiveness and helping people to Sugar Freedom, as I put it. (Stay tuned for details.)
 
By the way, to know what I mean by bittersweet, first read about the sweet part of My Last Year with Mom. Then find out about the bitterness, which I’m now transforming into valuable lessons.

So who do you need to forgive? And what methods have you tried to forgive?

As I shared here recently on this new Bittersweet Year Blog and on my Sugar Shock Blog, lately,  I’ve  needed to take time to Take Back My Power and recover from a terribly grueling, but tender Bittersweet Last Year with Mom. (My mother passed away recently after valiantly defeating stage 4 lung cancer for a year.)

via www.bittersweetyear.com