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Morning Inspiration: Part 3 - A New Chapter - New Year, New Beginning & New You.

‘Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could be any different’-unknown.

As I dwelled on the above, it became clear to me that holding on to the past has no purpose other than a point of reference to guide us into doing better. There is a difference between rehearsing and nursing past offenses and reflecting and learning from past events. Our hearts need to be filled with love, so we can see it from a place of empathy because the reality is that hurt people, hurt people. It’s not usually human nature to respond in compassion rather than contempt. When we have been hurt in the process that represents a challenge in itself. 

Living in the past holds you down to yesterday’s troubles, wounds and hurts. I had a recent conversation that made me take stock of my response to people, who have caused offense to me. I may have forgiven but I became so guarded that I was subconsciously consumed by the offense. This triggered a reminder of similar past events; the bitterness has taken root. This has inspired me to write the following quote:

'Never allow an offense to infringe on your peace at such a level that you guard your heart so cautiously that you fail to realise the invisible shackles. This takes away your true freedom to think and to be'. 



When we trust a higher power than ourselves, it takes the burden and releases us from such a deprivation of freedom that we become imprisoned by our own thought patterns. A fear of a repeated incident takes away today’s peace. Guard your heart but don’t be so guarded that it takes away your ability to live freely. Allowing Jesus to take our anger and cleanse our hearts can release us from the bondage of bitterness.  He replaces the negative with His love and grace and peace.

In other words, we don’t have to consciously go out and make an effort to avoid certain individuals or situations. That itself takes time and effort.  In a broken world avoidance rarely works. Instead trust the process and live your truths. When we don’t, we may do it at the expense of the peace of today, when the offense has long expired. 

With peace and love

KIMI

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