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Welcome to Issue 257. The mission of "Marvelous Mondays" is to offer an inspirational thought, a practical exercise, some humor, or a simple tip to jump-start your week and to enhance your life, business, outlook or relationships.
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THE HOLIDAYS ARE FOR - GIVING
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As we enter the Holiday season, many persons are dealing with hurts, pains, resentments, and anger about people who are currently in their lives or from the past.
While gift giving is certainly common, forgiving is not so common.
This season presents an excellent opportunity to forgive other either directly or in our hearts.
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| SELF-FORGIVENESS - THE FIRST STEP |
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Forgiveness is a choice not a process.
In order to forgive others, we must first learn to forgive ourselves. This means
stopping our need to be perfect and acknowledging that we make mistakes.
These are simply human flaws.
If we cannot love ourselves enough to forgive our own flaws, how can be forgive and understand
the flaws of others?
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| EXERCISE |
- List things that you need to forgive about yourself.
- What are the ways you can begin to do that?
- Are there people now in your life that you want and choose to forgive.
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What do you think are the benefits of forgiving yourself and others?
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