Sunday, May 07, 2006

FORGIVENESS – CREATING A NEW PATH

Forgiveness is an honest approach as to what we all truly value—the love we have in our hearts. Yet we have purposefully denied ourselves this truth because of the need, or the belief in the need, to protect ourselves from being hurt. Somewhere, someone made up a rule that said if you make yourself vulnerable, you’ll lose. You’ll be eaten up by this cold cruel world and never amount to anything if you don’t stand up to your principles. And you certainly won’t ever get a date, because no one wants to be with anyone weak!

The outcome of this mindset is that we walk around with our thick walls of protection. We continuously sabotage our relationships for the sake of being right. This only leads to utilizing our “search and destroy” skills---which is attacking the opposition before they attack us. We sharpen these skills, and repeat these behaviors over and over again.

Too often we read and practice our spirituality when it feels right and safe to do so, yet we admire ourselves in an instant when we oppose our neighbor’s beliefs, especially when they are different from our own. We know the world isn’t a perfect place, yet we confuse retribution with patriotism. On the whole, the gentle soul is overlooked, and the righteous victor is revered.

Yet through the storm and the chaos, I am noticing that the atmosphere is beginning to change. There is a garden growing somewhere that’s giving off the essences of divine forgiveness and truth. We can smell it and we can feel it.

Whether through pain and desperation, or joy and a positive attitude, I believe people are yearning to relinquish their fears and be open to what is enlightening in their lives.

Searching leads to discovery. And be it from curiosity or inclination, the truth, the real love and the real value we have for it, is revealing itself to us. And forgiveness provides us with the tools necessary to discover this unveiling process.
Hay House, Inc.