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How to forgive Sincerely

When you search for the synonym of forgiveness you will find these words among others: reprieve, amnesty, mercy, exoneration, pardon and condoning.  Forgiveness does not always come so easily especially if someone you hold in high regard hurts you. Personally, forgiveness did not used to come to me easily. My default mode on dealing with betrayal and hurt was to run far away from the person or detach myself emotionally from the person. This solves nothing. Some people jump over it, ignore it or sweep it under the carpet and live in complete denial. Such people wake up one day and blow things out of proportion over a very small offence. They have been holding it all in and then one day, the proverbial "cup don full" happens! Some say they have forgiven but continue to talk about that betrayal or hurt every chance they get. Others NEVER forgive, this results in years and years of malice. Forgiveness is being aware that someone wronged you and granting them mercy or repr

New month,New you? How to get the most out of a new month!

Happy new month!  I'm so excited that we have the gift of a new cycle. A time to start all over again, a time to go back to our mood board and restructure. How do you start your month? Do you just go into the month with no plan or direction  OR are you part of the lot that makes all the plans BUT few days into the new month, you're back into old habits. This used to be me.  It's almost impossible to drag our "flesh man" (our physical body) to do the right thing because it LOVES to be comfortable.  I've learned that if I want to see changes in my life, I have to do something differently. Especially positive changes. I remember this one time I had a business, just before I moved abroad temporarily and the sales were increasing almost daily! I struggled with consistency and this affected my business negatively. Today, I would post, interact with customers and do the right thing. Tomorrow? If I'm not feeling it, I just blank out. Whe