Posted on Wednesday, 10th February 2010 by Catherine
photo by: Moranga
Where are your forgive me shoes? Not the ones that you use to forgive others but the ones that you NEED in order to ask for forgiveness. Do you need to put them on? Is there a situation that you could remedy by asking to be forgiven?Asking for forgiveness is hard – sometimes impossible. Why?
I think it is because we when we ask to be forgiven we are admitting doing or saying something wrong. Who wants to be wrong? It is hard to swallow your pride and say “I was wrong, please forgive me”.
If you harbor feelings of anger or guilt over a misunderstanding it will begin to wear on you. You may even allow it to consume you. The right thing to do is to apologize. Make things right. Ask to be forgiven.
You will feel relieved and be able to go on and focus on your life. You will not be losing precious moments and memories. It only takes one close call to realize how precious life is.
Days are stressful enough without adding tension between friends and family to the mix. Finding a way to make it right will help you handle day to day stresses better.
Wearing your forgiveness shoes can give you the clean slate you need and just might be the ticket to a better day!
Head over to Steady Mom for a personal story of mine about forgiveness.
I would love to hear your thoughts about your children and if they forgive and forget as easily as mine do.
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February 12th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
What a beautiful message! It's so hard to learn that forgiveness is a gift for the giver and the receiver. I hope that I will be able to model and teach my kids to ask for and freely offer forgiveness.
Thanks for stopping by my site the other day. I look forward to reading more at the Shoe Box.
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