KNOW THY SELF: The Power of Forgiveness

When you're graceful, people say you lack personality; when you're serene, people say you're boring; when you're confident, people say you're arrogant; when you're feminine, people say you're too girly; and when you climb trees, people say you're too much of a tomboy!

As a woman, you really need to develop a very strong sense of self and the earlier you can do that, the better! You have to be all the things that you are, without allowing other people's ignorance change you! I realized that they don't know what grace is, they can't identify serenity, they have inferiority complexes, they are incapable of being feminine, and they don't know how to climb trees!

To know yourself, look at your fears. Fear in itself is not important, but fear stands there and points you in the direction of things that are important. Don't be afraid of your fears, they're not there to scare you; they're there to let you know that something is worth it. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer. Birth as one slice, and death as the other. What you put in-between the slices is up to you.

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Whoever denies me, it shall not trouble me; Whoever accepts me, he or she shall be blessed, and shall bless me. No man is free who cannot command himself. It's what no one knows about you that allows you to know yourself. When you know the meditator within, you don't need to meditate further.

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As you read through these steps, think about how you might adapt them to your own life. Nor is there a quick formula you can follow. Forgiveness is a process with many steps that often proceeds in a non-linear fashion. Working on forgiveness can help us increase our self-esteem and give us a sense of inner strength and safety. Forgiveness can heal us and allow us to move on in life with meaning and purpose. Forgiveness matters, and we will be its primary beneficiary.

Studies have shown that forgiving others produces strong psychological benefits for the one who forgives. It has been shown to decrease depression, anxiety, unhealthy anger, and the symptoms of PTSD. Forgiveness can lead to psychological healing, yes; but, in its essence, it is not something about you or done for you. It is something you extend toward another person, because you recognize, over time, that it is the best response to the situation.

Read and watch Fred Luskin explain "What is Forgiveness? Read three evolutionary truths about forgiveness and revenge. Discover how to overcome barriers to forgiveness. How forgiving are you? Try this forgiveness practice , based on Enright's work. You can also make a practice of recognizing that every person is unique, special, and irreplaceable.

You may come to this through religious beliefs or a humanist philosophy or even through your belief in evolution. You can show love in small ways in everyday encounters—like smiling at a harried grocery cashier or taking time to listen to a child. If you practice small acts of forgiveness and mercy—extending care when someone harms you—in everyday life, this too will help.

Perhaps you can refrain from honking when someone cuts you off in traffic, or hold your tongue when your spouse snaps at you and extend a hug instead. Sometimes pride and power can weaken your efforts to forgive by making you feel entitled and inflated, so that you hang onto your resentment as a noble cause. Try to catch yourself when you are acting from that place, and choose forgiveness or mercy, instead.

If you need inspiration, it can help to seek out stories of mercy in the world by going to the International Forgiveness Institute website: This may seem obvious; but not every action that causes you suffering is unjust. To become clearer, you can look carefully at the people in your life—your parents, siblings, peers, spouse, coworkers, children, and even yourself—and rate how much they have hurt you.

Perhaps they have exercised power over you or withheld love; or maybe they have physically harmed you. These hurts have contributed to your inner pain and need to be acknowledged. Doing this will give you an idea of who needs forgiveness in your life and provide a place to start.

The more hurt you have incurred, the more important it is to forgive, at least for the purpose of experiencing emotional healing. The moment you accept that a great sense of relief will fill your heart. It sends positive energy into your bloodstreams. Let me give you a perfect scenario. Learning how to forgive your self by accepting your faults is similar to someone who stands in the law court pleading guilty for the accusations.

The judge may have sympathy to reduce the penalty of his punishment or let him go.

Make Peace With Your Past The past is unchangeable, but you can nullify all the negative feelings it sends into your memory. It is not about being fretful. It is dead and gone and so never allow it to steal your happiness. You have dirtied your cloth which defines you as a dirty person. Change that cloth by turning on a new leaf.

That chapter of your life which made you hate your self and lose interest in almost everything is over. Flip to the next page and begin to write a new story of your life. Surely all the events, decisions and mistakes that caused you to be so hard on yourself will teach you valuable life lessons. Have you ever regretted doing anything in the past?.

Situations may compel you to compromise your values, dignity, power etc.