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The Journey of Forgiveness (pt. 2)

Step 2 Identify the emotions involved: Fear… if the wrong done to you happened as a child and the offender was an adult, fear often is carried into adulthood. Guilt (whether real or false) has to do with what we have done. Shame has to do with who we feel we are and shame makes us want to hide from others so they can’t find out “who we really are.” Anger… when we begin to come to grips with what...

Journey of Forgiveness

  OK… this can be a powerful week if you hang in there with us.  We are learning from Dr. David Stoop’s “Forgiving our parents, forgiving ourselves.” Today we are going to simply list the six steps and then we will focus on one at a time through the week.  Are you ready?  Let’s take this journey!   Forgiveness leads to freedom from the effects of our past. The Six Steps of Forgiveness 1. Recognize the injury. 2. Identify the...

Make your actions follow-though to habit and the Goal… you will grab it.

  Make your actions follow-through to habit and the goal… you will grab it!   Woo Hoo!! Actions… those things you do.  We get to choose our actions.  The sooner in the day we choose them, the more likely we are to do them before everything gets crazy and begins competing for our attention.   Sooner is better for most of us even though that requires more discipline and self motivation.  As our day goes on we get too busy...

Set me free… please.

I woke up at 3 a.m. with this pounding on my heart because some of my baggage showed up in my dreams minutes before. I have taken 45 minutes to carefully choose my words (this being directed toward myself but I share it in case you might benefit as well). Being angry with someone for more than a few moments changes your disposition and countenance (affecting not just your present but your future) and hurts you far more than it...