Thread: Forgiveness?
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Old Apr 12, 2019, 09:03 AM
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I already have. I do not like the word forgiveness or forgiven- it sounds to much like absolution or forgetting to me and that its aimed at the person who did the bad stuff. I like to say I've made peace with those I have been wronged by and accepted the past. Not letting the past affect my present is much easier than it used to be. Acceptance does not mean approval. Me making peace with people that have hurt me is for me- not them and not anyone else. It is so I can move on without baggage and live my best, most authentic life. It means I do not have to waste or make a withdraw of energy from my energy "bank account" where there is a finite amount of energy for me to spend daily. I do not like to allow the negative to monopolize my time. I could never have gotten to feel this way if I hadnt gotten sober and had therapy.
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