I'm not a victim anymore
"slam the door,
I'll open a window
close my window,
I'll find a crack in the wall,
caulk the opening in the wall,
I'll bust thru the bricks-
because I'm not a victim anymore"
terri st. cloud
When we have been deeply hurt by another person, it is nearly impossible not to have hostile thought, feelings of anger or hatred, and even a desire to take revenge. All of this often happens spontaneously, without much inner control. We simply find ourselves brooding about what we are going to say or do as pay back the person who has hurt us. To choose blessings instead of curses in such a situation asks for an enormous leap of faith. It calls for a willingness to go beyond all our urges to get even and to choose a life-giving response.
Sometimes this seems impossible. Still, whenever we move beyond our wounded selves and claim our God-given selves, we give life not just to ourselves but also to the ones who have offended us.
Henri Nouwen
And so I pray that the one who still holds so much anger in her heart will let it go and accept Christ and be able to die gracefully for her own peace and those trying to cope with her impending death.
Forgiveness is a way of life that gradually transforms us from being helpless victims of our circumstances to being powerful and loving co-creators of our reality. by Robin Casarjian
The light of divine wisdom shines in my thoughts and fills me with understandeing.--Silent Unity
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it more fully in your heart.
St. Francis of Assise
Being true to myself, I experience harmony and peace.
1 comment:
After forgiveness, there comes a time for gratitude and thanksgiving for the lessons learned from those who offend as they are our teachers. Not to say one needs to stay in the presence of the teacher, but to be thankful from what you learned and move along. We are all children and we are all making errors in relationships as that is how we learn.
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