Louise used to say that if you are feeling stuck in some situation, or when your affirmations aren’t working, it usually means that there’s more forgiveness work to be done. Furthermore, she said that when you don’t flow freely with life in the present moment, it usually means that you are holding onto a past moment. It can be regret, sadness, hurt, fear, guilt, blame, anger, resentment, or sometimes even a desire for revenge. Each one of these states comes from a space of un-forgiveness, a refusal to let go and come into the present moment. And, it is only in this present moment can you create your future. However, forgiving someone does not mean condoning their behavior. It doesn’t mean forgetting how they hurt you or giving that person room to hurt you again. Forgiving someone means making peace with what happened. It means acknowledging your wound, giving yourself permission to feel the pain, and recognizing why that pain no longer serves you. It means letting go of the hurt and resentment so that you can heal and move on. And, forgiving yourself and others is a choice that you can make in every moment. Today, choose to forgive. Choose to give yourself the give of freedom-choose to forgive and let go.

Just for today, I am willing to forgive. I recognize that the person who is hardest for me to forgive, is the person I need to forgive and let go of the most. I practice forgiveness daily so that I can move out of the past and into the present moment. I forgive myself for not being perfect. I am living the best way I know how. I forgive everyone for not being what I want them to be. As I forgive myself, it becomes easier to forgive others. Everything is working out for my highest good. And so it is.