“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” – Lewis B. Smedes “We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some…
Learning to forgive… How to Forgive WikiHow.com One of the thorniest and most difficult things we humans are ever called upon to do is to respond to hurtful acts with kindness, and to forgive the unforgivable. We love to read stories about people who have responded to hatred or toxic behavior with love, but when…
When a Loved One Dies During the Holidays Page 2 As the summer heat grew heavy, her health began to decline. I became her chauffeur to a number of medical facilities. At times, she appeared ready to…
By Louise Hart “How can I love when I was never loved?” my mother Theresa once asked. When she was only five, Theresa’s own mother had died in childbirth. Her father soon married another young woman in the village, and the family continued to grow. Being the oldest of 13 children, Theresa was saddled with…
from wikiHow Guilt is a terrible emotion to live with, particularly if it is intense, growing and living with you every day. Although some guilt in certain situations is natural and at times, healthy, when guilt starts to interfere with your daily life and usual routine, there is a serious problem. Most people often feel guilty…
By Catherine Pratt www.Life-With-Confidence.com Ah, feeling guilty. It really does make you feel like a huge weight is on your shoulders the whole time, doesn’t it? I used to think my entire life was run by my feelings of guilt. Everything I did or thought seemed to be governed by how guilty I felt that…
By Margaret Paul, Ph.D. Guilt is the feeling that results when you tell yourself that you have done something wrong. Healthy Guilt Healthy guilt is the feeling that occurs when you have actually done something wrong – such as deliberately harming someone. This is an important feeling, which results from having developed a conscience –…
By Bill Urell Guilt is the emotional reaction people may feel if they believe they are directly or indirectly responsible for something bad happening. Feelings of guilt arise when you feel bad about your behavior and its consequences. This is different from the feeling of shame, because people who feel shame are evaluating themselves as…
By Dr. Aleksandra Drecun Association for Compassionate Transformation Maintaining a sense of conscience is essential to being a healthy living person that maintains responsibility for one’s actions and lives in accordance to one’s values. A manner in which we experience and sustain a sense of conscience is by experiencing guilt. As with all aspects of…
(including the difference between Shame and Guilt) Watch Brene Brown’s talk on Vulnerability