"Indeed, getting to forgiveness is perhaps the most difficult and challenging thing that we can do to go beyond ourselves when we are so fixated on our problems, our needs, our expectations, and our demands. Let's face it: When things are spinning out of control-and especially out of our control-it is at least comforting and cathartic, even if it doesn't really resolve anything, to be able to point the blame on others for the situation at hand."
"Of course, getting to forgiveness under such circumstances is much easier said than done. But it can be done! And, importantly, our capacity to forgive provides us with a pathway to true freedom and self-empowerment that, at the same time, is a platform for healing what ails us and for confronting what challenges us. Forgiveness means "letting go" of our suffering. In effect, it has much more to do with our own well-being than that of the person or persons we forgive."
Current global political, social, and cultural polarization often drives people to assign blame instead of seeking resolution. Forgiveness offers a difficult but transformative alternative that allows individuals to move beyond fixation on problems, needs, expectations, and demands. Practicing forgiveness creates a pathway to freedom, self-empowerment, healing, and confronting life’s challenges. Forgiveness involves letting go of suffering and centers on personal well-being rather than proving others right or wrong. Clinging to resentment fosters self-pity and distorts perception of self and others. Forgiveness requires repeated effort and practice, like exercising a muscle, to become effective.
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