Forgiveness

“To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love.
In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness”
– Robert Muller

Very recently, because of some tragic news, I decided to work through a huge lesson in forgiving someone who was hurtful to me.  This was a big issue from my past that was deep, dark and hurtful at a pivotal time in my early developmental years. The good news is that I became so excited and happy when I noticed as I consciously worked on forgiveness, the pain and sorrow began to dissolve and I started to feel better about myself and my life.  It was actually a time of great freedom as I let go of this negativity which I harbored for years inside me.

That experience made me think of how we need to forgive ourselves too.  We can use the tool of forgiveness to calm that inner critic and forge ahead.  To forgive, speeds up the healing process.

While dieting or trying to get up the energy to start, we find ourselves dealing with that inner critic often.  Emotions that "weigh" us down such as anger, sadness, embarrassment, fear and frustration of being overweight, can sabotage our efforts to diet and lose the weight.  Forgiving oneself  is the answer to dissolving these difficult feelings about being overweight, falling off the diet wagon or beating ourselves up for not being able to stick to a plan. Forgiving self makes us feel light and free.

An affirmation for forgiveness of self is this:  I forgive my Self and love my Self, easily and effortlessly now.  Say it over and over again especially when those old, difficult  emotions sneak into your psyche!