How to attract wealth by forgiving – part 2
Following are five steps I encourage you to take to release resentment.
Step 1: Acknowledge your pain
To really forgive, the first step is to admit what is bothering you and how do you feel about it. By holding back your pain will not make it disappear. Until you complete the entire process, the pain will appear again in the future. You acknowledge your pain by listing down in detail of your past actions that you simply cannot forgive yourself for and any wrongs done to you by others that you just cannot release. Once completed, go through again and be sure you don’t miss out anything.
Step 2: Allow yourself to feel sad
Don’t deny yourself. I understand that facing heart ache can be frightening, but by learning to experience the sadness, you will avoid it from controlling your life. I notice most of people will try to hide their negative feelings because of shyness, fear or just because those feelings often viewed as wrong. Face the truth; give yourself the opportunity to grieve. Release everything at once, if you need to cry, by all means, release it, don’t ever hold it back. If you feel you need to scream then by all means do it. That’s why it is important that you do this in a lonely and quiet place. When you do this you will release all your anger and sadness. You will forgive yourself and those around you. Remember, don’t skip this step, this is the one and only way for you to release your pain.
Step 3: Examine Your Perceptions
Making sweeping judgments can keep you in a cycle of replicating dysfunctional patterns. When emotional upheavals happen in your life, it is an opportunity to examine why you journeyed down that path. It is not the time to form negative core beliefs in a stage of anger.
Step 4: Empathize
For genuine forgiveness to happen it is necessary for you to place yourself in the shoes of the offender. If you do not forgive, you will automatically respond out of your own pain and fears and will ultimately hurt others.
Step 5: You are free, calm and happy When You Forgive
You can forgive and still maintain your integrity. You are the true winner when you forgive yourself and those offended you. When I say forgive others, not necessarily you go and forgive them face to face. You can always say it in your heart. Forgiveness is not for the benefit of the person who wronged you. It is your key to happiness and emotional freedom.