I Am Struggling With Forgiveness
Some things I read.
Tafadzwa Mhondiwa Mugari
A very Good Understanding of Forgiveness
One of my teachers had each of us bring a clear plastic bag and a sack of potatoes.
For every person we'd refuse to forgive in our life, we were told to choose a potato,
write on it the name and date, and put it in the plastic bag.
Some of our bags, as you can imagine, were quite heavy.
We were then told to carry this bag with us everywhere for one week,
putting it beside our bed at night, on the car seat when driving, next to our desk at work.
The hassle of lugging this around with us
made it clear what a weight we were carrying spiritually,
and how we had to pay attention to it all the time to not forget,
and keep leaving it in embarrassing places.
Naturally, the condition of the potatoes deteriorated to a nasty slime.
This was a great metaphor for the price we pay
for keeping our pain and heavy negativity!
Too often we think of forgiveness as a gift to the other person,
and while that's true...it clearly is also a gift for ourselves!
So the next time you decide you can't forgive someone, ask yourself...
Isn't MY bag heavy enough?
Forgiveness-A Virtue - Poem by Ruchika Batra
The best gift you can give,
Is to forget and forgive.
Like a mule you carry the burden,
Of the past which had left your life worsen.
You were hurt by someone,
Who was your close and dear one.
You can't get off the pain,
Which has made you an insane.
You remember it again and again,
But all that goes in vain.
The time has come to realize,
To forget and forgive is the decision of the wise.
Let go off the pain,
Remembering it will give you no gain.
If you don't forgive,
You will make your life worthless to live.
You will burn yourself in your own fire,
Bearing consequences which are dire.
Revenge makes your life shattered,
By bringing feelings like jealousy and hatred.
Good thoughts have always brought good life,
But these thoughts have just brought you strife.
Stagnant water always gives foul odor,
Let go the pain and flow with the God's order.
Learn the lesson of life and forget the past,
Everything is ephemeral, nothing is going to last.
Tafadzwa Mhondiwa Mugari
A very Good Understanding of Forgiveness
One of my teachers had each of us bring a clear plastic bag and a sack of potatoes.
For every person we'd refuse to forgive in our life, we were told to choose a potato,
write on it the name and date, and put it in the plastic bag.
Some of our bags, as you can imagine, were quite heavy.
We were then told to carry this bag with us everywhere for one week,
putting it beside our bed at night, on the car seat when driving, next to our desk at work.
The hassle of lugging this around with us
made it clear what a weight we were carrying spiritually,
and how we had to pay attention to it all the time to not forget,
and keep leaving it in embarrassing places.
Naturally, the condition of the potatoes deteriorated to a nasty slime.
This was a great metaphor for the price we pay
for keeping our pain and heavy negativity!
Too often we think of forgiveness as a gift to the other person,
and while that's true...it clearly is also a gift for ourselves!
So the next time you decide you can't forgive someone, ask yourself...
Isn't MY bag heavy enough?
Forgiveness-A Virtue - Poem by Ruchika Batra
The best gift you can give,
Is to forget and forgive.
Like a mule you carry the burden,
Of the past which had left your life worsen.
You were hurt by someone,
Who was your close and dear one.
You can't get off the pain,
Which has made you an insane.
You remember it again and again,
But all that goes in vain.
The time has come to realize,
To forget and forgive is the decision of the wise.
Let go off the pain,
Remembering it will give you no gain.
If you don't forgive,
You will make your life worthless to live.
You will burn yourself in your own fire,
Bearing consequences which are dire.
Revenge makes your life shattered,
By bringing feelings like jealousy and hatred.
Good thoughts have always brought good life,
But these thoughts have just brought you strife.
Stagnant water always gives foul odor,
Let go the pain and flow with the God's order.
Learn the lesson of life and forget the past,
Everything is ephemeral, nothing is going to last.
