The Seeds We Plant Series #33: Forgiveness and Introspection
Posted on March 13, 2024 Leave a Comment
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I hope all is well with you and yours! In everything we do, we are to gain understanding (Proverbs 4:5–9). The understanding must come from first an inward look at oneself. If forgiveness isn’t possible, it’s important to ask ourselves why. The why is not only because of what someone did, didn’t do, said, or didn’t say but also because of how we feel inside. When we feel that we can’t forgive, we must ask, “Why won’t I forgive instead of saying I can’t forgive. Within us is the ability to see the truth, including the hearts of individuals. Within us is the power to forgive. Often, the more insight we have about another’s actions or inactions, the more we understand that the projection of pain is often not about us but their unhealed wounds.
Forgiveness is not about excusing others’ actions. We are here to reflect the truth of our creation. Love is the essence of who we are, and with love, we can forgive. We don’t have to look outside ourselves but call on the divine power within us. Love sees the truth in the situation and seeks the truth within us. For example, some people do not know how to heal themselves, and unfortunately, sometimes, we intentionally and unintentionally project our pain on others. We sometimes hurt others out of a need to be heard, seen, or receive validation and an apology.
Through forgiveness, we stay on the path of truth. We know that anything that affects us, our inner harmony, occurs on the inside first. Forgiveness is truly about us—remembering that no experiences define us and that life events help us evolve to our higher selves. We cannot control how others respond to our anger, disappointment, frustration, and other emotions and feelings.
Each of us has to come to a perspective that suits us. I do know that anger, anxiety, grudges, and the like are life-draining. These emotions and feelings often contribute to and enable emotional, mental, social, and spiritual turmoil and waste our precious energy, money, and time.
No matter the other’s actions, I am still responsible for myself. I refuse to be in poor health because of what someone else did or didn’t do, said, or didn’t say. I deserve better than that. Don’t you? My children deserve better, as well! And the best way I can communicate forgiveness is by forgiving.
And eventually, I will reach the level where forgiveness isn’t necessary.
Please listen to today’s podcast, The Seeds We Plant Series #33: Forgiveness and Introspection, and let me know your thoughts.
Do you have a hard time forgiving others?
How do you achieve and sustain optimal health despite others’ actions and inactions?
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As always, make this lifetime great because you still can!
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Healing from the Inside Out Series #3: Releasing Shame
Posted on March 8, 2024 Leave a Comment
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Are you allowing shame to infiltrate your inner garden?
Shame is another powerful emotion that lets you know you have veered off the path of your truth. Like fear, it can cloud your vision of a meaningful life if you allow it to grow inside you and bring mental and physical turmoil in the form of diseases and illnesses. You have the power to release shame and prevent its nutrition-robbing abilities. It may look like it belongs to you, but it doesn’t. See shame for what it is and refuse to allow it to grow inside of you. Anything that doesn’t belong to you always rises to the top — your mind. Through your mind, you have the power to remove this weed shame, which will enable your spiritual fruit to grow.
Your mind (inner garden) will help you identify shame. As you sit quietly with yourself, you can remove the roots and growth inside you In its place, you can replant the spiritual fruit of peace by using affirmations and principles to ground yourself. You can restore your inner garden to its rightful environment through this energy work as a gardener.
Please listen to Healing from the Inside Out Series #3: Releasing Shame on Create a Generational Love Cycle and share your thoughts.
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The Seeds We Plant Series #32: Return Energy to its Rightful Owner
Posted on March 7, 2024 Leave a Comment
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Regarding projected pain, it is better to give back than receive. Your soil becomes more fertile as you experience emotions and feelings, including anger, jealousy, shame, guilt, and the like. The energy we receive from another person reinforces how we feel, instilling the seeds deep within the core of our being. When your emotions and feelings go to another level (e.g., blaming, badgering yourself and others in thoughts and words, and unwelcomed or unhealthy physical contact), you reinforce this harmful, often debilitating, and ricocheting energy and weeds within you.
We can return angry, hateful, divisive, and demoralizing actions and words to their rightful owner and encourage our children to do the same. As caregivers and parents, we are not around our children 24/7. But we can help our children develop a firm foundation so that no matter how the winds of storms blow, they remain firmly grounded or have the tools to replant themselves.
Listen to The Seeds We Plant Series #32: Energy Work: Returning the Energy Back to Its Rightful Owner, and share your thoughts. Energy Work is becoming conscious of your internal state, clearing away the things that do not bring a fruitful, wonderful harvest, and becoming more of yourself with the right nutrients.
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As always, make this lifetime great because you still can!
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