Forgiving with Heart and Mind

Show Notes: Forgiving with Heart and Mind

Kinds of forgiveness:

• Death bed > Picturing the wrong doer weakened and at the end of life
• Jaws of Life > Freeing ourselves from the grip of others’ actions
• Family gathering / business meeting > making peace to protect another
• Rain slicker > Blocking the negative words and deeds from entering

Tools of forgiveness

• Compassion for those who hurt us
• Getting free
• Allowing healing to take place
• Dropping the need to get even
• Having compassion for our injured, former self
• Seeing our actions through another’s eyes
• Letting go of the drive to be right
• Keeping safe
• Not giving up on a friend

Quotations

As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.

• Nelson Mandela

 Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.

• Tolstoy

Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a constant attitude.

• Martin Luther King, Jr.