There’s a reason why making amends is one of the 12 steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous program. It’s essential to healing. Forgiveness is foundational to our awakening because regret, resentment, blame, and particularly, shame, are the big blocks to Love. Without an active practice of Love, we wither and are weak. We fall back into addictive and compulsive tendencies and temptations.

Regret is like a complaint against yourself.
Regret lowers your whole energy.
Complaining makes you a crap magnet.

Regret is a judgment against yourself.
All judgment produces fear.

Can you really justify continuing to live in regret?
Isn’t it a lot like living in a poopy diaper?
Is that what you really prefer?

One decision to forgive can change your whole perspective and your whole life.

One of the best ways to practice Love, forgiveness, and nonviolence is to be able to apologize with sincerity. We all do things that can hurt or offend others. When I’m alert to my feelings, I always regret anything I did that was unloving. Even so, sometimes, it can be very challenging to apologize. If I can’t apologize then I’m in a prison of my own making. It is a prison of fear and shame and that’s not a place I want to hang out in at all.

I’ve found that being able to apologize, being able to acknowledge my mistakes and oversights, and even my outright blunders, is a gift that continues to give. It gives me Peace and Harmony every day, for which I am extremely grateful. I’ve realized that it takes Self-Love and Humility first and foremost to be able to apologize. It can require courage and strength and a strong sense of personal honor to be able to admit a mistake and I’m very grateful to have found that in myself and make it a place from which I can live.

Being able to apologize and make amends keeps my energy where it belongs – in my strong heart.

A gift I receive when I’m able to apologize is giving up the judgment that causes the fear of making a wrong step. This allows me to be more authentic. When I’m authentic I’m prepared for anyone else’s opinions.

I’ve learned that Self-forgiveness is key to letting go of the past.  You can get my free forgiveness workshop and join me each time I offer it – there’s one each month. – it’s a great way to forgive yourself and start releasing the blocks, opening up the flow of Abundance and healing in all areas of your life.  Plus it’s free.  Self-forgiveness is a profound act of Self-Love

Practicing nonviolence and Self-Love in my relationship with myself means that I can easily make amends with others.

Today, I love myself by apologizing to someone I’ve hurt. Today, I move the world in a direction of Peace through my own loving choices and actions.

Power of Love In-Person Retreat Memorial Day Weekend in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina!  Friday May 23 to Monday, May 26.

RETREAT! Let’s get away together and have some fun while we’re having a lift-off!  Power of Love In-Person Retreat Memorial Day Weekend in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina! May 23 to May 26 – Come away with us! From the very first retreat I led back in 1998, people have been telling me that these retreats are life-changing, mind-expanding, heart opening – and OF COURSE THEY ARE! My intention is so strong that we have an amazing experience of transformation while also having fun, remembering to laugh and enjoying ourselves together. Let’s have a wonderful time together up in those glorious Blue Ridge Mountains, doing our spiritual work and playing, having fun, eating delicious food, getting spa treatments and relaxing in spiritual community together. Things are so intense right now – let’s get a way for along weekend and open ourselves to new insight and inspiration. We’ll anchor the Highest Vision for our life and let go of limiting habits and beliefs. The mountains alone are worth the trip! Let’s play!  Click here for more info!

LATEST ACIM PODCAST EPISODE: my topic is Alan Cohen, When Love Becomes A Way of Life. When we’re truly living A Course in Miracles, then Love becomes our way of life. In this week’s episode, I join with Alan Cohen, author of many books including Of Course in Miracles: When Love Becomes A Way of Life and A Course in Miracles Made Easy. We share things we’ve learned along the way, our failures and our learning how to rise above the traps of the ego. To learn more about ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A Course in Miracles⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Powerofloveministry.net For the transcript of this episode and more please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LivingACourseinMiracles.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We’re born to Love and that’s why it feels so good!