Forgiveness is not about condoning other peoples actions - its about releasing the issues that you have relating to it today... its about releasing yourself and setting yourself free.
The following is from one of Louise L Hay's Books " Experience your Good Now" on this subject
Below is an excerpt from the chapter about Affirmations for Forgiveness:
Forgiveness is a difficult area for so many people. We all need to do forgiveness work. Anyone who has a problem with loving themselves is stuck in this area.
Forgiveness opens our hearts to self-love. Many of us carry grudges for years and years. We feel self-righteous because of what they did to us. I call this being stuck in the prison of self-righteous resentment. We get to be right. We never get to be happy.
I can almost hear you saying, “But you don’t know what they did to me; it’s unforgivable.” Being unwilling to forgive is a terrible thing to do to yourself. Bitterness is like swallowing a teaspoon of poison every day. It accumulates and harms you. It is impossible to be healthy and free when you keep yourself bound to the past. The incident is long gone and over with. Yes, it’s true that they didn’t behave well. However, it’s over. You might feel that if you forgive them, then you’re saying that what they did you was okay.
One of our biggest spiritual lessons is to understand that everyone is doing the best they can at any given moment. People can only do so much with the understanding, awareness, and knowledge that they have. Invariably, anyone who mistreats someone was mistreated themselves as a child. The greater the violence, the greater their own inner pain, and the more they may lash out. This is not to say that their behavior is acceptable or excusable. However for your own spiritual growth, we must be aware of their pain.
The incident is over. Perhaps long over. Let it go. Allow yourself to be free. Come out of prison, and step into the sunshine of life. If the incident is still going on, then ask yourself why you think so little of yourself that you still put up with it. Why do you stay in such a situation? Don’t waste time trying to “get even.” It doesn’t work. What you give out always comes back to you. So drop the past and work on loving yourself in the now. Then you’ll have a wonderful future. That person who is the hardest to forgive is the one who can teach you the greatest lessons.
When you love yourself enough to rise above the old situation, then understanding and forgiveness will be easy. And you’ll be free.
Here are some example affirmations you can say for forgiveness:
• It is now safe for me to release all of my childhood traumas and move into love.
• I know that I cannot take responsibility for other people. We are all under the law of our own consciousness.
• I forgive everyone in my past for all perceived wrongs. I release them with love.
