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Forgiveness

Why Bother Checking Out What We Project?

What We Project Unforgiveness can be a subtle emotion that settles down inside of us and camouflages itself as anger. That anger shows up in a variety of ways. Cynicism, sarcasm, pissiness, resentfulness as well as stone cold silence are just a few of the ways anger and ultimately unforgiveness projects itself. We can direct…
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Forgiveness

Why Bother Stepping Out of the Cycle of Unforgiveness?

The Cycle of Unforgiveness Unforgiveness has a way of tethering our thoughts to the past because thoughts of unforgiveness are cyclical and cycles are hard to break.  A familiar pattern of unforgiving thoughts might go like this: I think about the person and how they offended me. Then, I ruminate on that particular event and…
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Forgiveness

Why Bother Knowing What You Know About Unforgiveness?

What Do You Know About Unforgiveness? Did you know that unforgiveness is subtle, yet destructive? Did you know that it affects relationships other than with the one who offended us? Did you know that unforgiveness also affects our mental and physical health? Once upon a time, I knew nothing about either unforgiveness nor forgiveness. These…
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Why Bother Being Grateful for Second Chances?

Second Chances Ever hear the phrase, “Please allow me a second chance at a first impression?” I read these words from the book, A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles. A few years back, one of my sisters as well as my husband read the book and recommended it to me. I tried, but was…
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