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TO ERR IS TO HUMAN ……..

……TO FORGIVE IS TO DIVINE !!!

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The definition of forgiveness Forgiveness is a non-verbal

concept that cannot be adequately captured in words.

We can best know what forgiveness is when we experience forgiving.

Words can help to point in the right direction, though, and in particular clarify what forgiveness is not.

It involves a process of dissolving feelings of anger, resentment and/or hatred towards an individual who is perceived to have selfishly or maliciously done one deliberate harm.

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FORGIVENESS IS NOT… CONDONING OR EXCUSING

AN ACTION

SELF SACRIFICE OR SWALLOWING YOUR TRUE SELF OF PLAYING THE MARTYR

EASY, IT CANNOT BE FORCED AND MUST COME ON ITS OWN

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FORGIVENESS IS… GIVING UP THE THOUGHT OF A BITTER PAST AND LOOKING

FORWARD TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE.

A PROCESS OF LETTING GO OFF NEGATIVE EMOTIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN OVER YOUR LIFE.

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PROBLEMS IN THE WAY OF FORGIVENESS

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The experience of ‘unforgiveness’ Imagine we have (or someone else has) suffered an injustice. It is something that violates our/their rights and dignity. As a result, we feel angry and resentful toward the offender. Anger, resentment and hatred are painful emotions. We may feel anger and resentment for years and years. The person we feel angry towards may not know or care how we feel, or may be dead.

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Most people would say forgive those who have hurt you and have done you wrong and just let go of the past. It is easy to say but much harder to do.

Forgiving is not an easy task. Letting go of the things that have caused us pain or suffering is not at all easy.

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WHAT TO DO THEN?Some suggestive steps which can be followed:

HEALTHY RESPONSE(to the feeling of hurt and insult):

acknowledge that you feel hurt.

to follow the hurt back into its roots in the past to all those times and circumstances when you felt the same way.

to avoid the popular response to feelings of hurt and insult.

forgiveness.

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The effects of unforgiveness Psychiatrists find that people who

feel incapable of or unwilling to forgive past hurts experience greater levels of anxiety and depression.

They are also at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Psychological and physical symptoms such as stress-related backache, insomnia and stomach aches are common.

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ANGER MANAGEMENTAll anger is, at its

core, a dark and cruel wish for harm to come

upon the person who hurt you.

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The truth is, anger may be a “natural”—that is, a commonly occurring—social reaction to hurt and insult, yet being natural doesn’t make it good for us.

There is never such a thing as “justifiable” anger.

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Organize your mind for ten

seconds every hour to control anger.

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A short pencil is better than a long memory.

Use it to reduce your anger.

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We cannot change others as easily as we can change ourself.

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