Life becomes easier when you learn to accept ab apology you never got. ~ Robert Brault Are you waiting for an apology? Is it eating you? Are you eating because of it? What is it you want said, done? Is […]
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That Weird Fact about Fourth Steps
You think you hold against your brother what he has done to you. But what you really blame him for is what you did to him. It is not his past but yours you hold against him. And you lack […]
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Miss Havisham is the quintessential bearer of a “treasured wound.” Her tattered wedding dress and rotting cake serve as lifelong badges of victimhood. Daily she reminds herself of the loss she cannot get beyond, and glorifies it to the world. […]
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Forgiveness isn’t about the person or people being forgiven—it’s a gift you give yourself that allows your heart to stop being contracted. When you forgive, you release the toxic resentment and anger you’re holding in your heart, finally freeing yourself […]
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A troubled computer led to using old material for today. This is a blog entry from October, 2009. When a person offended we said to ourselves, “This is a sick man. How can I be helpful to him? God save […]
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