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Why Forgiveness is Crucial to Your Happiness
By:
Sonia Devine
Your ability to forgive those who have hurt you in the past is a
crucial stepping stone to your spiritual and emotional growth.
Throughout the course of our lives, we collect emotional baggage.
This is unavoidable, and even though it can cause us a great deal of
pain, it helps us to define who we are as people; the result is, we
grow even more and learn valuable lessons along the way about
ourselves and others.
So there you have it - emotional baggage is an unavoidable part of
all of our lives – but it’s not actually this that is the real cause
of unhappiness in your life. What’s really important is how you
choose to deal with that baggage, because what you do here will
determine the success or failure of your future relationships. Now,
there is another very important point I want to make:
***People come into our lives to teach us lessons ***
It's what you do with these lessons that determines how your future
will be. Think of all the people you have encountered in your life.
Isn’t it funny to look back and think about the last time you saw a
particular person; it may have been several years ago, and it’s
quite possible that you will never again see him/her in this
lifetime!The reason? Because this person has served their purpose in
your life. So now that you know this, think about this; what did
this person teach you?Some relationships or encounters that we have
with other people last only a few days, and some last a lifetime.
But either way, each experience serves a specific purpose and is
extremely relevant to your life!.
Now, given that every experience we have is a lesson for us, think
about the people who have hurt you in the past. Have you allowed
yourself to forgive them? Or are you still holding into the
emotional pain? Do you find yourself conjuring up scenes of “sweet
revenge” in your mind, or worse still, acting out those scenes? Are
you able to forgive and let go? If you are not, then who holds the
power – you or them?
Don’t let people who have hurt you in the past have any control over
your future!
When you make a choice to forgive others, you are NOT lying down and
becoming a doormat, nor are you admitting that person who hurt you
is in the right. Forgiveness is about taking back control of your
life and not allowing your negative emotions to rule you. And
forgiveness is also about letting go of all those debilitating
emotions that could be responsible for sabotaging your current
relationships! So ask yourself this question: Do you want to feel
good? If you are still carrying feelings of resentment and anger
towards someone who hurt you, then what are you getting out of it?
Hanging on to feelings of resentment, hatred or anger, will ensure
that these destructive feelings WILL spill over into your current
life and stop you from enjoying positive, successful relationships
with other people.
The fact is, your subconscious mind never ignores negative energy
and emotions. It will remind you every day that you need to deal
with them, and until you do, it will manifest your unresolved
emotional pain through insomnia, chronic physical pain and in
extreme cases, through life threatening illness. So there it is;
make a decision today to take back your life by practising
forgiveness. Your energy is extremely precious so don’t allow
yourself to give it away to those who don’t deserve to have it it!
Move on with your life today, and you will experience miracles.
Sonia Devine is a qualified professional hypnotherapist and success
coach with a caring and committed approach to healing, who lives in
Melbourne, Australia. You can find more of her information on ego,
self image, love, relationships, phobias and much more on her
website
http://www.manifest-your-success.com
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