Forgiveness

Hey guys, welcome to December… I can’t believe we’re nearly at the end of 2018. Am I the only one who felt as though January completely dragged but after that, time literally flew by?! Anyways, as I’m writing this blog I’m currently eating Terry Chocolate Orange minis which I’ve been craving for so long now. Gosh, guess who’s gone on a tangent again lol!

You know what, let me just get on with it and actually begin this blog. For a while now I’ve been debating with myself about what I should write about, but after seeing a recent tweet about forgiveness, it made up my mind. Forgiveness is something I would say comes easy to others and hard for some. Where I stand with this I’m not quite sure, as I feel I tend to give people more chances than they deserve; so does that make me an easily forgiving person? We have all been wronged by at least one person in our lives whether it be big or small. This year taught me just how important forgiveness is. I think many of us fail to see just what sort of impact harboring hatred towards someone/people does to us; it’s not good for us mentally and sometimes it can affect us physically. I recently chose to forgive someone who was close to me, after years of wanting to do so but feeling like I wasn’t able to. I could’ve never imagined the warmth and peace in my heart that I felt after forgiving them and from doing this,  I have received more blessings than I could’ve imagined. Now guys, I’m trying to make out that forgiveness is easy because a majority of the time it isn’t! However, just try to forgive everyone for your OWN sanity. When I read articles about mothers being able to forgive their child’s killer, I sometimes question just how much willpower it has taken them and why/how they were able to forgive them. Many say they did it so they were able to move on and have peace in their hearts.

The pledge I have made to myself is to go into 2019 with nothing but forgiveness and warmth in my heart. I forgive all those that have wronged me, whether they have apologised to me or not; I forgive them. I also pledge to forgive my past, forgive myself for the ‘unwise’ decisions I may have made because if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t be the person I am today. The person I’m growing to love as time goes on. A lot of people tend to dwell on the past and live with ‘what if’s’ when in fact everything that has happened has shaped us to be the people we are today. I am a true believer that everything happens for a reason and every mistake we make we should see it as a lesson learnt and grow from it.

I’m going to leave you all with a quote that I believe reiterates what my post is about:

“I never knew how strong I was until I had to forgive someone who wasn’t sorry and accept an apology I never received.”