I forgive....

I don't want to waste my precious life in the discomfort caused by anger or hurt so I will decide to feel differently right this instant. Instead of blaming you for hurting me, I ask myself what have I learnt from this? In which way have I made this situation a gift, how have I turned this around and enabled us both to heal and grow from it? I am able to forgive myself, forgive others, forgive life, and forgive God.I know how it hurts when people don't forgive me. I do not want to hurt other people by my actions so I will perceive the problem in a way that I can either deal with it or let it go. Life is filled with incredible beauty and wonder and I am missing these experiences if I am stuck in the remembrance of old hurts or disappointments. I forgive myself for getting sidetracked. People do the best they can and if they err the best way to help them is by offering understanding. The first step in this process is to forgive whatever constituted the specific offense. I now release past hurts and upsets and mistakes. I release all need for revenge, as I now fully understand that what I do to you, I do to myself. I see that resentment and bitterness caused by unforgiveness will make me sick eventually. Everyone, including myself operates primarily out of self-interest. I must expect that some times I, in my self-interest, will be annoyed by some one else's expression of their self-interest. I ask myself in which way am I responsible fro what I am blaming you for? How have I done the exact same thing to others? Why have I attracted and manifested this hurt in my life? If I can understand that this is an ordinary part of life, what is there to be upset about? If I understand that self-interest is my guiding principle, how can I not offer forgiveness to everyone, including myself for behaving that way? I accept responsibility for my life. I acknowledge that everyone is doing the very best with the knowledge and insight that they have. I now wish to have a more loving and healing relationship with myself and others. I now allow myself to forgive and to move into my natural inheritance, that is a state of being filled with love, joy and light!
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