Being a former grudge holder, grievance holder, I can say that the language of A Course in Miracles Lesson 68 – “Love holds no grievances” – deeply impressed me – it changed me. Because I had so many grievances.
I was in the muck and the mire of my grievances all day, every day.
I didn’t think of myself really truly as a good person. I thought of myself as a bad person, perhaps an evil person who did good things – trying to redeem myself, or trying to offset what a bad person I was.
I don’t feel that way at all anymore. Forgiveness did that.
My life is a living demonstration that through willingness to forgive, we really can heal our Self-perception and our Self-identity.
Forgiveness is worth everything we can possibly put into it. To get to the place of feeling good about ourselves, happy with ourselves, joyful in our lives. It’s worth everything, everything, everything.
No one can give this healing to us. But no one who seeks the Truth will be denied. We can give it to ourselves.
The Truth is we’re innocent. The Truth is we’re completely lovable and beloved.
I like to say we’re the beloved of the beloved. And no one who seeks the Truth will not be able to find it. Our willingness is the only requirement.
A Course in Miracles tells us: “It is as sure that those who hold grievances will forget who they are, as it is certain that those who forgive will remember.”
As long as we think we’re not good enough, as long as we think there’s something wrong with us – it’s a sure sign that we’re holding grievances, grudges, and complaints.
We value them because we made them. And we’re not willing to let them go. They’re a kind of poisonous treasure.
Yet, we can become willing to let them go.
That’s the beautiful thing. We don’t have to stay stuck in that old identity forever. We can choose again.
In my Masterful Living Program, we practice this choosing again together – releasing the old Self-perception and stepping into the Truth of who we really are.
And in our FREE Forgiveness Workshops, we do this sacred work of letting go – together. Because it’s so much easier with support.
Our willingness is the only requirement. And it’s enough.
Today’s the day!
