Corgi Wisdom on letting go...
Choose Forgiveness…
February is heart month, and I want to know how is your heart? Are you able to experience joy, be present, and appreciate others? If not, why? Joule was recently wrestling with a canine chum, suddenly she was attacked, and although she defended herself quite well… I felt the need to jump in and protect her.
The next day, Joule and her chum were back at it – as if nothing happened. Did they remember, or do they not care? How great that must be… To simply move on…
So often in life, if we’re wronged by someone, either personally or professionally, it seems difficult to forgive. Why is that? Do we feel not understood, unappreciated, or unmoved to grant them that grace? Why is it so hard to forgive?
Joule had experienced pain by the jaw of a turned playmate. Yet, no grudge was held, and she gave a clean slate. Why do we humans find this so obscure?
The pain of being mistreated on any level, is intense. There is usually a reason why such actions occur. A person who hurts others, is suffering themselves. Yet, how challenging it is to see such truths when hovering with rage and/or disappointment. It requires a healthy and joyful heart… One that is not deceived by surface behaviors and is tuned to intentions at one’s core.
There is quite a range in harmful acts. There’s taking offense to misperceptions, or traumatic recovery from abuse, or even death of a loved one from inflicted rage. It deepens the burden to forgive of others, and of self.
It’s a complicated equation, but a worthy pursuit of trying to decipher the state of another’s heart. The better shape yours is in, the more likely you are to succeed.
Rather than outright forgiving, start by understanding – at least making efforts to.
While it may be a dog-eat-dog world, greater self-awareness yields greater self-compassion.
That is the essence of having an overflowing heart – one able to share, enjoy, and forgive…
We may not be able to growl then grin, like our canine companions…but perhaps we can learn to adjust our perspectives with full hearts, to truly forgive ourselves, and others.
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