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Hate every cliché that exists about #forgiveness

I know every adage, every piece of advice, every regularly endorsed opinion on the topic because I've scoured my way through the literature. I've read almost every blog post about letting go of anger. I've saved Buddha quotes and stuck them on post-its on my wall. I know that no part of it is simple. I know the adages are tired. I know the gap between "Deciding to forgive" and actually feeling peace can seem entirely unbridgeable. I know.

#Forgiveness is a vast, un-traversable land for those who crave justice. The very thought of letting someone walk away from what they've done makes us sick. We don't want to simply wipe our hands clean. We want to transfer the blood onto theirs. We want to see the scores evened and the playing field leveled. We want them to bear the weight of what they've done, not us.

#Forgiveness seems like the ultimate betrayal of yourself. You don't want to give up the fight for justice after what has happened to you. The anger is burning inside and pumping toxicity throughout your system. You know that, but you can't let go. The anger is as inseparable as part of you as your heart or mind or lungs. I know the feeling. I know the 2nd heartbeat that is fury.

But here's the thing about anger: it's an instrumental emotion. We stay angry because we want justice. Because we think it's useful. Because we assume that the angrier we are, the more change we will be capable of incurring. Anger doesn't realize that past is over and the damage has been done. It tells you that vengeance will fix things. It's on the pursuit of justice.

Except the justice we want isn't always realistic. Staying angry is like continually picking the scab off a cut because you think that if you keep the wound open, you won't get a scar. It's thinking that someday, the person who wrong you can come give you stitches with such incredible precision that you'll never know the cut was once there. The truth about anger is that it's nothing more than the refusal to #heal, because you're scared to. Because you're afraid of who you'll be once your wounds close up and you have to go on living in your new, unfamiliar skin. You want your old skin back. And so anger tells you to keep that wound bleeding.

When you're seething, #forgiveness seems impossible. We want to be capable of it, because intellectually we know it's the healthiest choice to make. We want the peace #forgiveness offers. We want the release. We want the madness in our brains to quiet down, and yet we cannot find a way to get there.

Because here's what they fail to tell you about #forgiveness: It's not going to fix anything. It's not an eraser that will wipe away the pain of what has happened to you. It does not undo the pain that you've been living with and grant you immediate peace. Finding peace is a long uphill battle. Forgiveness is just what you take to stay hydrated along the way.

#Forgiveness means giving up hope for a different past. It means knowing that the past is over, the dust has settled and the destruction left in its wake can never be reconstructed to resemble what it was. It's accepting that there's no magic solution to the damage that's been caused. It's the realization that as unfair as the hurricane was, you still have to live in its city of ruins. And no amount of anger is going to reconstruct that city. You have to do it yourself.

#Foregiveness means accepting responsibility - not for causing destruction, but for cleaning it up. It's the decision that restoring your own peace is finally a bigger priority than disrupting someone else's.

#Foregiveness doesn't mean you have to make amends with who hurt you. It doesn't mean befriending them, sympathizing with them or validating what they have done to you. It just means accepting that they've left a mark on you. And that for better or worse, that mark is now your burden to bear. It means you're done waiting for the person who broke you to come put you back together. It's the decision to heal your own wounds, regardless of which marks they're going to leave on your skin. It's the decision to move forward with scars.

#Foregiveness isn't about letting injustice reign. It's about creating your own justice, your own karma and your own destiny. It's about getting back onto your feet and deciding that the rest of your life isn't going to be miserable because of what happened to you. It means walking bravely into the future, with every scar and callous you've incurred along the way. #Foregiveness means saying that you're not going to let what happened define you any longer.

#Foregiveness doesn't mean that you are giving up all of your power. #Foregiveness means you're finally ready to take it back.

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I paused and touch my heart, I asked “Please, love me”  You bathe me and enveloped me with your divine mercy.

Thank you, with all of me.

Healing by Deniece Williams

Now that we have gotten through One more fall I can just admit I've got it all Cause I do Cause I've got you We've crossed these battle lines to many times It passes through the heart But it never leaves a mark

Cause Your love just keeps on healing me No matter how I bruise If I just trust You Your love just keeps on healing me One more clue One more chance that wasn't there before In your arms No pain can harm the way I'm feeling Lord I know that Your love is healing

I've kicked around those lines in my head But I've never listened to the words that You said See where its lead Well I know I have it now Cause You showed me how And all I had to do Was just to keep my eyes on You

Cause Your love just keeps on healing me No matter how I bruise If I just trust You Your love just keeps on healing me One more clue One more chance that wasn't there before In your arms No pain can harm the way I'm feeling Lord I know that Your love is healing

Cause Your love just keeps on healing me No matter how I bruise If I just trust You Your love just keeps on healing me One more clue One more chance that wasn't there before In your arms No pain can harm the way I'm feeling

Lord I know that Your love is healing

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Etta James - I've Been Loving You Too Long (to stop now)

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The Unbroken

There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken, a shatteredness out of which blooms the unshatterable.

There is a sorrow beyond all grief which leads to joy and a fragility out of whose depths emerges strength.

There is a hollow space too vast for words through which we pass with each loss, out of whose darkness we are sanctioned into being.

There is a cry deeper than all sound whose serrated edges cut the heart as we break open to the place inside which is unbreakable and whole, while learning to sing.

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In the other side of darkness, there is light. Be gentle with yourself. #stephenlevine #discomfort #grief #sorrow #softening #meditation #takecareofyourself https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdob251v0UH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Me

Kung Fu Hustle (2004) dir. Stephen Chow

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The sun comes up, I think about you.

The coffee cup, I think about you.

I want you so, it's like I'm losing my mind.

The morning ends, I think about you.

I talk to friends, and think about you,

And do they know, it's like I'm losing my mind

.All afternoon, doing every little chore

The thought of you stays bright.

Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor

Not going left, not going right.

I dim the lights, and think about you.

Spend sleepless nights, and think about you.

You said you loved me, or were you just being kind?

Or am I losing my mind?

I want you so, it's like I'm losing my mind.

Does no one know, it's like I'm losing my mind.

All afternoon, doing every little chore

The thought of you stays bright.

Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor,

Not going left, not going right.

I dim the lights, and think about you.

Spend sleepless nights to dream about you.

You said you loved me, 

or were you just being kind?

Or am I losing my mind?

It's like I'm losing my mind.

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#pemachodron #change #bravery #compassion #humility #growth #pain #wisdom #communication When we’re putting up the barriers and the sense of “me” as separate from “you” gets stronger, right there in the midst of difficulty and pain, the whole thing could turn around simply by not erecting barriers; simply by staying open to the difficulty, to the feelings that you’re going through; simply by not talking to ourselves about what’s happening. That is a revolutionary step. Becoming intimate with pain is the key to changing at the core of our being—staying open to everything we experience, letting the sharpness of difficult times pierce us to the heart, letting these times open us, humble us, and make us wiser and more brave. - Pema Chodron https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc7tszJOowL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#vexking #healing #journey #onmyown Your journey is about You. You are being challenged to be your own savior, to be your own safe place. Right now you are being reminded -- temporary people who walked away were only ever leading you back to yourself, were only ever leading you here. And here, now you are going to be Okay ... be on your own. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc1e9o8sJ2E/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#alberteinstein #appreciation #miracle #thankful #gratitude https://www.instagram.com/p/CcprZBAOlQ2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#faith #motivation All things are possible for the ones who believes. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. - Philippians 4:13 https://www.instagram.com/p/CcnAkf0O3Uu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#dawnamarkova #mindfulness https://www.instagram.com/p/CckzHfRumwc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Be gentle Be kind #easter https://www.instagram.com/p/Cccz-qCORcz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#dosoruguitas move through #suffering with tender #courage #letgo #beapart #reunited https://www.instagram.com/p/CcSf_tSuYfW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=