FORGIVENESS....The gift that truly keeps on giving!

We've all had to battle with that big "F" word at some point in our lives. Should I or shouldn't I? Will I or won't I? Why is this even a thought in my mind? How could they have done something like that to me? Why am I even contemplating this? That painful "F" word....FORGIVENESS!! And even if I do forgive, I'll NEVER FORGET! FORGETTING is for fools!! Most of us, if not all of us, have been guilty of saying, thinking or feeling this way towards others during some moment in our lives.

I myself have fallen prey to the pain of unforgiveness. It seemed the harder I tried to forgive the more poignant the effect of the indiscretion became. I'd began feeling that I was letting the person off the hook. I wanted them to suffer as much as I was suffering. Never did I take a moment to look at the bigger, more important picture. Not once did I take into consideration how unforgiveness was mentally, emotionally and even physically affecting me!


Holding on to the heartache was beginning to cost me Peace, Joy and Love. I was unable to embrace the beauty of life surrounding me because my heart and head were filled with all the hurt from my past! This is when the well known cliche' "Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself" truly became my reality! This particular day I made the conscious decision to gift myself FORGIVENESS! It was no longer about the other person and what they'd done or hadn't done. Suddenly, forgiveness had solely become about ME! ME, living life in perfect peace! ME, experiencing Joy unspeakable! ME, freely giving the Love I was fully capable of giving and being open to receive it! Me, beginning to live out my very best life, as my very best self! All of this began with the decision to FORGIVE!

Unforgiveness is literally poison to our bodies and minds. Most times it begins with an offense that, if not dealt with, metastasizes resent and then bitterness! Our hearts and minds were not created to function properly while carrying this type of negativity! Unforgiveness is truly drinking the poison and then sitting by patiently waiting for the other person to die... We all know how that story ends!!!!

FREE YOURSELF...FORGIVE...LET IT GO....Begin to live life the way it was intended to be, Joyful, Peaceful and filled with Love!!! You'll be grateful that you did...I'm telling you what I know!!!!

Lady Spry <3