how to forgive

Fathers & Forgiveness

Fathers & Forgiveness

We just celebrated Father’s Day here in the U.S. and that got me thinking about relationships between fathers and children.

Many of us feel that we didn’t have the kind of father we wanted or needed in our lives.

Is that you?

Did you experience your dad as unavailable? Either physically, emotionally, or both?

Perhaps your dad was an active addict and wasn’t available to you. Maybe you never saw him as he lived in another state or country, or was incarcerated.

I have a friend whose father became homeless when he was a teenager.

The Power of "I'm Sorry"

The Power of "I'm Sorry"

A few weeks ago I really messed up!

I promised my neighbor I’d pick up her mail while she was out of town but then completely forgot!

When she came back, she popped over to get it and that’s when I remembered!

Ugh.

I was SO embarrassed. I couldn’t believe that it had totally slipped my mind.

Rather than giving her an excuse, that we had house guests, I was exercising when she asked and not near my calendar, she didn’t remind me… I simply apologized.

Access the Heart of Acceptance

Access the Heart of Acceptance

I used to fight all the time.

Not physical altercations. Mine was more internal.

I fought against the injustices of the world, the ways that institutions and people were hurting others…

I was one of those kids who would say, “it’s not fair!”

At some point, I stopped fighting. It was SO tiring!

What I began to do instead, was accept.

Accept myself.

Accept others.

Accept the world. (Ugh, I know that sounds hard, bear with me.)