Forgiving Others Affects Your Body

Most people don't like to read things on forgiveness, either because they don't feel they need it or they don't want to forgive someone.  You may feel you have no one to forgive because you have already done so; but sometimes remnants can remain in your body.  If you don't want to forgive or don't feel as though you can because someone really hurt you, or what they did dramatically affected your life, you are sabotaging your health and happiness more than you know.

Forgiveness is not condoning what the other person did.  It is not excusing them.  Forgiveness is about you.  Holding on to a lack of forgiveness is like poison in your body.  It eats away at you.  It affects how you interact with others and yourself.  Forgiving cleanses you and your energy field.  When you don't forgive, you carry that person or circumstance with you in your energy field.  It's as if they or their transgression still maintains a profound influence in your life.

Magical things can happen when you finally release them from your field.  Animosity and resentment, two feelings which often accompany a lack of forgiveness, are heavy negative weights you carry.  Even if you think you have let it go, the body may still be holding onto it.  We can hold it in our liver, our heart, or as tension all over.  Letting it go has physical manifestations.  Doing so allows our organs to function better, our immune system to relax and not have to protect us, and our muscles to relax and be flexible.  We can feel lighter and trust life again.  We can trust God to take care of things.

I have seen way too many people hold on to old stuff.  It hurts them, their loved ones, and their lives in general.  I know it is easier said than done, but forgiving is well worth the effort.

Action 

Whatever you need to do, you need to do.  Writing a letter to the person (that you will never send) helps express all the feelings.  Don't worry about spelling, grammar, nice language, etc.  Let it spill out of you as it is inside.  Explore every aspect of the situation and every thought and feeling about the person or offense.

At the end, finish in a positive way.  You can write "I forgive this person," " I release this person or offense from my energy field and my life," "I wish them well in life," "I hope they have moved on and are treating others better," "I trust God is handling it all from here on out," or whatever seems to fit the bill.  Whatever works to release the anger, sadness, betrayal, or any other feelings you have inside.  Then throw it away, shred it, or burn it.  You do not need to keep it.  In fact, you don't want to keep it.  Release it and the negative feelings for good.

You may need to do this a few times, but it works.  It really works.  Once you can think of the other person without negative feelings coming up, it is resolved.  Even if you simply feel less anger than before, it is still healthy for you and your life.  You will feel lighter and begin to see good things happen in your life.  Give yourself this gift!     

Happiness, Joy, and Laughter

Most of us take life too seriously.  Life is supposed to be fun!  If we can slow down and not be in such a rush as we go through our day, we could actually enjoy it.  We could talk to people in the waiting room or the grocery line.  We could brighten up someone's day who may be really down or lonely.  We don't have to be so busy that we trudge through our day. 

We should schedule buffers throughout our day, allow more time to get places. We could drive slower and sing along to songs on the radio.  Who cares if people see us bopping along to the music, it might even lift someone else up and make them smile by seeing us enjoy ourselves.  Maybe that would allow them to give themselves permission to relax and do the same.

Life is short.  As we get older, we realize we ought to have fun each day because today is all we know we have.  No one knows what tomorrow may bring.  Once we pass, we will move to another dimension...which is great, but we might as well have as much fun possible here in this dimension.

Action

Allow yourself to be happy.  Let go of any worries, even if just for today.  Put your worries in God's hands today and just enjoy.  Say "God, can you just take care of everything today and resolve whatever needs to be resolved today.  I'm going to enjoy my day!"  Do that for today and see what happens.  If it works, try it each morning.  You'll see it works and life then seems to fall into place and issues start to resolve themselves.  Life is supposed to be fun!

Live an Amazing Life

We truly have so much in life.  It is easy to forget all the great things we have in our lives when we find ourselves facing tough times.  But we are alive and have the ability to improve our lives through the use of energy.  Sometimes people think that we have little or no control of how our lives go.  Using the concept of energy, and how we influence the energy around us, can shift our lives dramatically.

The law of attraction states that positive thoughts attract positive things.  Unfortunately the opposite happens too.  So when we let our minds dwell on negative things, we can energetically spiral downward.  Don't let that happen.  The deeper we go, the harder it is to change it.  Think on anything good, anything you love, and anything you are grateful for, no matter how big or small.  When you string a bunch of good thoughts and feelings along, it will raise your energy frequency and the energy around you changes. 

You can see and feel this when someone very happy or peaceful enters a room; they radiate that happiness and peace.  The opposite also happens, where you can feel the anger radiating from someone furious.  It reminds me of the Peanuts character Pigpen, a cloud of dirt surrounded him wherever he went.

When the happiness and love radiates from you, the energy around you and the energy of circumstances in your life shifts to be more positive.  It is a law of nature.  Even if circumstances do not change quickly, you may feel differently about the situation, perhaps not caring as much, or not being upset by it.

Keep it up, make a new habit out of it.  Focus on good things and eventually things will change for the better.  The more you do it, the sooner things change.  You need to change the inside first for things to change on the outside.  Most people think the opposite, saying "when things change, I will be happy."  But that's not how it works.

In relationships, thinking about the things you do not like about the other person will only make the problem bigger.  No one is perfect.  If you keep reminding yourself of the things you do like about the person, you will see your feelings change for the better and will see more good things come from the person.  The same thing can happen in your job.  Focus on what you like about it and things will change for the better.  Circumstances will change; perhaps a new opportunity will appear, because you are radiating good energy.

Action 

Keep thinking about good things.  Keep feeling good about things and people in your life.  Keep noticing what you have to be grateful for in your life.  Allow yourself to think that anything is possible to come into your life.  As you radiate more positive energy, you will notice life shift for the better.  If negative thoughts try to take over, flood yourself with the positive ones until you feel yourself shift to feeling good again.  It may take time, but it really works.  You will also feel much more relaxed in your body, which by now you should know is really healthy.  Think happy thoughts!