Here’s a thought I’d like to share…

With forgiveness, your victim identity dissolves, and your true power emerges – the power of Presence.  ~Eckhart Tolle

         When I think about forgiveness, I think about holding someone hostage with my negative energy.  However, in truth, it is my negative energy that holds me hostage.  As long as I am unwilling to forgive, I am inextricably bound to the object of that unforgiveness.  In forgiving, I release myself from that bondage.  I am no longer tied to that person or situation, and the energy I was expending is freed up to be used more wisely. 

         As long as I am unwilling to forgive, I have to continuously, or at least sporadically, feed the fire of “victim.”  The fuel looks something like this… “I’ve been wronged.”  “That person or situation is unfair.”  “How dare them!”  “That no-good, sorry, low-down scoundrel!”  “How could they!?”  ~What part of these statements sound like I want validation that I’ve been wronged?  Basically, I am a victim!  Well, victims are, by definition, helpless.  And helpless means having no choice.  Forgiveness is the choice that serves as the key to the jail cell of victimhood.

         Deborah Adele writes, “A bird cannot hold its perch and fly. Neither can we grasp anything and be free.”  Holding on to unforgiveness prevents us from having the freedom to fly.  You gotta let go!

         Might you ask yourself, “What am I holding on to that keeps me from flying?”  “What victim identity do I cling to?” 

If your heart was free and you could reclaim your power, would you?  Release you.  Let go.  Fly and be free.

Wishing you a loosened grip and strong wings.

Namasté

Augusta