Sweet lips
07-26-2005, 01:06 PM
Forgiveness means giving up all hope of a better past. -Landrum Bolling
Now imagine, if you forgave yourself for the all your past deeds with food - like hiding the M&M's- under the bed as to not share or to not let people know what you have; or stopping by a fast food restaurant and eating that meal before you got home and then eating another full course meal - we all know something about eating in secret.
Then there is the forgiveness of others: At the heart of the word forgiveness is the little word give. Often we cannot forgive until we give up something. Sometimes it is our pride that we must give up. Sometimes it is our delusion that we know it all - as in how to eat properly, what to do, and this little bit won't hurt me, and then off to a downward spiral.
Sometimes we must give in so that we may forgive. For me, I have to give into raw, I have to be 100%, because I start looking at the percentages in my own eyes, and what really is 50/50, I am counting as 88% - so it is better for me to do 100% raw, because in giving in, we realize we can not always have our own way. We can not always win. To hold on to power may make it impossible for us to forgive. I do have the power to eat as I choose, but I can't - I will never heal!
Sometimes we must give over. We cannot control the lives of others and we should not try. I wanted so badly to have my famil be 100% raw, because it was what I needed to do, and my approach was very demanding, however, we I left it alone, son eats about 75% raw and hubby is doing 100% - I just shut up! So, we have to give people over to themselves and let it work out divenly that way.
Soemtimes we must give away. We must allow others the freedom to make choices that may not always be the best choices. It includes the freedom to make mistakes - how do we learn through mistakes, did we make them? Yes, I daresay man have, so we have to give that freedom to people we love.
But if we would be forgiving, we must never give out! In order to miove forward in our own lives, in our raw journey, we are going to meet people who are going to be critical, who are going to challenge those things within ourselves that we have not forgiven, and we should never tire of forgviving others. Forgiveness is such a privilege. It frees one who harbors the resentment from bondage and frees the one who comitted the offense (as we perceived) in the universe. Don't let unforgiveness block your miracles of life!
Free yourself today for your journey, Release all the old negative emotions and don't let your past get better - let it be gone! :)
Now imagine, if you forgave yourself for the all your past deeds with food - like hiding the M&M's- under the bed as to not share or to not let people know what you have; or stopping by a fast food restaurant and eating that meal before you got home and then eating another full course meal - we all know something about eating in secret.
Then there is the forgiveness of others: At the heart of the word forgiveness is the little word give. Often we cannot forgive until we give up something. Sometimes it is our pride that we must give up. Sometimes it is our delusion that we know it all - as in how to eat properly, what to do, and this little bit won't hurt me, and then off to a downward spiral.
Sometimes we must give in so that we may forgive. For me, I have to give into raw, I have to be 100%, because I start looking at the percentages in my own eyes, and what really is 50/50, I am counting as 88% - so it is better for me to do 100% raw, because in giving in, we realize we can not always have our own way. We can not always win. To hold on to power may make it impossible for us to forgive. I do have the power to eat as I choose, but I can't - I will never heal!
Sometimes we must give over. We cannot control the lives of others and we should not try. I wanted so badly to have my famil be 100% raw, because it was what I needed to do, and my approach was very demanding, however, we I left it alone, son eats about 75% raw and hubby is doing 100% - I just shut up! So, we have to give people over to themselves and let it work out divenly that way.
Soemtimes we must give away. We must allow others the freedom to make choices that may not always be the best choices. It includes the freedom to make mistakes - how do we learn through mistakes, did we make them? Yes, I daresay man have, so we have to give that freedom to people we love.
But if we would be forgiving, we must never give out! In order to miove forward in our own lives, in our raw journey, we are going to meet people who are going to be critical, who are going to challenge those things within ourselves that we have not forgiven, and we should never tire of forgviving others. Forgiveness is such a privilege. It frees one who harbors the resentment from bondage and frees the one who comitted the offense (as we perceived) in the universe. Don't let unforgiveness block your miracles of life!
Free yourself today for your journey, Release all the old negative emotions and don't let your past get better - let it be gone! :)