http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-spirituality-of-forgiveness/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-spirituality-of-forgiveness/#comment-25771 Francis W. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:38:41 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5882#comment-25771 Forgiveness is wonderful if you allow it into your life and you do it when you're ready and not before. I'm glad to read about how Janine resolved that. That's an interesting and creative approach, Kalila. Thanks for sharing the story. Forgiveness is wonderful if you allow it into your life and you do it when you’re ready and not before. I’m glad to read about how Janine resolved that. That’s an interesting and creative approach, Kalila. Thanks for sharing the story.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-spirituality-of-forgiveness/#comment-25758 jack Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:59:58 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5882#comment-25758 It is not easy to forgive someone after they have offended you. But if a person is able to forgive, it goes great lengths to show how matured and self-aware the person is. It shows his/her self-perception is not influenced by a few words of another individual. It is not easy to forgive someone after they have offended you. But if a person is able to forgive, it goes great lengths to show how matured and self-aware the person is. It shows his/her self-perception is not influenced by a few words of another individual.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-spirituality-of-forgiveness/#comment-25754 Cassie V. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:43:44 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5882#comment-25754 Not everyone is ready and willing to forgive though Ludwig. I know one girl who feels cheated because her grandfather died before she could confront him over his abusive nature. I've listened to her talk about him for years and she changes from a happy to a miserable, angry person the more she talks. She's unwilling to release the hurt and can't see that the only person she's hurting now by not letting go is herself. Not everyone is ready and willing to forgive though Ludwig. I know one girl who feels cheated because her grandfather died before she could confront him over his abusive nature. I’ve listened to her talk about him for years and she changes from a happy to a miserable, angry person the more she talks. She’s unwilling to release the hurt and can’t see that the only person she’s hurting now by not letting go is herself.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-spirituality-of-forgiveness/#comment-25738 Ludwig Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:23:35 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5882#comment-25738 There is nothing more cleansing to the psyche and to the soul than to offer forgiveness and to be able to give that with no strings attached and with no hesitations. It is what God wants us to do and that is just one of the many ways that we can always seem to get our lives in order. I know that there are people out there who do not look to a higher power for strength and guidance but I do and have found that through my committment to Him and to the church I have never been steered wrong. I am so glad to see that there are others in the profesisonal realm who are promoting this in a way that can also help those who may not have a church home but who are still open to the idea of allowing a fuller spirituality to lead their lives. There is nothing more cleansing to the psyche and to the soul than to offer forgiveness and to be able to give that with no strings attached and with no hesitations. It is what God wants us to do and that is just one of the many ways that we can always seem to get our lives in order. I know that there are people out there who do not look to a higher power for strength and guidance but I do and have found that through my committment to Him and to the church I have never been steered wrong. I am so glad to see that there are others in the profesisonal realm who are promoting this in a way that can also help those who may not have a church home but who are still open to the idea of allowing a fuller spirituality to lead their lives.

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