Comments on: The Art Of Forgiveness http://www.billosophy.com/2010/02/the-art-of-forgiveness/ Life ... as I understand it Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:12:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Bill http://www.billosophy.com/2010/02/the-art-of-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Bill Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:42:05 +0000 http://www.billosophy.com/?p=138#comment-36 Carmel - I dig it ... "Throw it off the truck" ... I think I am going to use that phrase for a while (I'll always credit you though). Look around at your friends and family and ask them to explain forgiveness to you. I am pretty confident you will discover what I did ... now you can help them Throw it off the truck! Thanks for leaving a comment! Bill Carmel -

I dig it … “Throw it off the truck” … I think I am going to use that phrase for a while (I’ll always credit you though). Look around at your friends and family and ask them to explain forgiveness to you. I am pretty confident you will discover what I did … now you can help them Throw it off the truck!

Thanks for leaving a comment!

Bill

]]> By: Carmel Lozano http://www.billosophy.com/2010/02/the-art-of-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Carmel Lozano Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:03:25 +0000 http://www.billosophy.com/?p=138#comment-35 Good blog post! Great insight. I saw you on FB and saw your blog. Forgiveness is everybody's struggle, and I agonized for years to let go of a bitter heart. (Probably for the same reason you have struggled, but I digress.) One day, God gave me a dream. In the dream I was riding in the back of a pickup truck with Jesus. An enormous boulder weighed it down so the wheels were stuck in the mud and kept the truck from going anywhere. Jesus turned to me and said "throw it off the truck." I said, "I can't" And at that point he helped push it off so we could get moving again. That was the end of the dream and it turned my life around. I think I wanted to hang onto unforgiveness until things were made right. But sometimes you just have to throw it off the truck! Good blog post! Great insight. I saw you on FB and saw your blog. Forgiveness is everybody’s struggle, and I agonized for years to let go of a bitter heart. (Probably for the same reason you have struggled, but I digress.) One day, God gave me a dream. In the dream I was riding in the back of a pickup truck with Jesus. An enormous boulder weighed it down so the wheels were stuck in the mud and kept the truck from going anywhere. Jesus turned to me and said “throw it off the truck.” I said, “I can’t” And at that point he helped push it off so we could get moving again. That was the end of the dream and it turned my life around. I think I wanted to hang onto unforgiveness until things were made right. But sometimes you just have to throw it off the truck!

]]> By: Janners http://www.billosophy.com/2010/02/the-art-of-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Janners Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:48:15 +0000 http://www.billosophy.com/?p=138#comment-28 Bill, Please forgive me for not making this comment sooner. I came down with a cold. :-) When I first read your post this quote jumped off the screen for me. “Understand there are consequences for your actions, however, YOUR actions do not control me!” For one to continue to harbor anger, ill-will, sadness etc it takes so much energy and as a result closes us off from the wonder feelings, people and things that are waiting to come into our life. I find in some extreme cases I need to be aware of these feelings, process them and let them go. Even if it means doing this in my mind because sometimes an official apology to the person just falls on deaf ears and can even spark that conflict up again. In some cases the person is open to listen and might even learn from the experience. Great blog and wonderful article. I am looking foward to more Billosophy!!!! Bill,

Please forgive me for not making this comment sooner. I came down with a cold. :-)

When I first read your post this quote jumped off the screen for me. “Understand there are consequences for your actions, however, YOUR actions do not control me!”

For one to continue to harbor anger, ill-will, sadness etc it takes so much energy and as a result closes us off from the wonder feelings, people and things that are waiting to come into our life.

I find in some extreme cases I need to be aware of these feelings, process them and let them go. Even if it means doing this in my mind because sometimes an official apology to the person just falls on deaf ears and can even spark that conflict up again.

In some cases the person is open to listen and might even learn from the experience.

Great blog and wonderful article. I am looking foward to more Billosophy!!!!

]]> By: Pamela E. Owen http://www.billosophy.com/2010/02/the-art-of-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Pamela E. Owen Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:34:55 +0000 http://www.billosophy.com/?p=138#comment-27 Once again, a great post! I remember hearing that "forgiveness is a decision, not an emotion". What a breakthrough for me. I had such unforgiveness towards my mom. I started with "I'm willing to be willing to forgive her". Within months I was at the "I'm willing to forgive her" stage. Then one day God revealed to me in an amazing panorama what my mom's life had been like. I started weeping. I felt such compassion for her. We were able to have a friendship until she died, which was only 6 years later. Forgiveness is HUGE! Once again, a great post! I remember hearing that “forgiveness is a decision, not an emotion”. What a breakthrough for me. I had such unforgiveness towards my mom. I started with “I’m willing to be willing to forgive her”. Within months I was at the “I’m willing to forgive her” stage. Then one day God revealed to me in an amazing panorama what my mom’s life had been like. I started weeping. I felt such compassion for her. We were able to have a friendship until she died, which was only 6 years later. Forgiveness is HUGE!

]]> By: Karma http://www.billosophy.com/2010/02/the-art-of-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Karma Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:44:31 +0000 http://www.billosophy.com/?p=138#comment-26 Bill, THANK YOU for those words! When I first saw your post on FB, I thought, hmmm is he talking about my posts from November and December?? Forgiveness has been a big struggle for me regarding several huge issues from my past. When I look at it as a gift to myself, it suddenly doesn't seem quite so impossible. I agree that the exhaling is a perfect analogy. Hope to read many more such articles like this one. Be blessed, my friend! Bill, THANK YOU for those words! When I first saw your post on FB, I thought, hmmm is he talking about my posts from November and December?? Forgiveness has been a big struggle for me regarding several huge issues from my past. When I look at it as a gift to myself, it suddenly doesn’t seem quite so impossible. I agree that the exhaling is a perfect analogy. Hope to read many more such articles like this one. Be blessed, my friend!

]]> By: Dawn Brister (Whineaux) http://www.billosophy.com/2010/02/the-art-of-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Dawn Brister (Whineaux) Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:55:13 +0000 http://www.billosophy.com/?p=138#comment-25 Forgiving is like throwing away emotional clutter and you know how I like to throw things away! I just wish it was easy. I'm also happy to be married to a man who knows how to forgive. I love you! Forgiving is like throwing away emotional clutter and you know how I like to throw things away!

I just wish it was easy.

I’m also happy to be married to a man who knows how to forgive.

I love you!

]]> By: Bill http://www.billosophy.com/2010/02/the-art-of-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Bill Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:27:23 +0000 http://www.billosophy.com/?p=138#comment-24 Sandi ... I adore YOU ... You are such an amazing woman!!! Fawn - thanks for the kind words - Exhaling is a perfect analogy. Bill Sandi … I adore YOU … You are such an amazing woman!!!

Fawn – thanks for the kind words – Exhaling is a perfect analogy.

Bill

]]> By: Fawn Gilmore Kraut http://www.billosophy.com/2010/02/the-art-of-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Fawn Gilmore Kraut Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:20:08 +0000 http://www.billosophy.com/?p=138#comment-23 Beautifully put, Bill. Thanks for this post. I like your writing. Forgiveness has seemed so impossible to me at times, but then... all at once... it's like exhaling a long breath... letting go... and there's nothing left to hang on to... and nothing hanging on to me. Then, I'm free to love. I like your blog. I think I'll link to it. Beautifully put, Bill. Thanks for this post. I like your writing. Forgiveness has seemed so impossible to me at times, but then… all at once… it’s like exhaling a long breath… letting go… and there’s nothing left to hang on to… and nothing hanging on to me. Then, I’m free to love.

I like your blog. I think I’ll link to it.

]]> By: Sandi http://www.billosophy.com/2010/02/the-art-of-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Sandi Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:11:18 +0000 http://www.billosophy.com/?p=138#comment-22 Amen, brutha! Someone asked someone if they were on my "shit list" because they hadn't seen me for a while. My friend said "NO WAY! Sandi doesn't even have a shit list!! She forgives everyone!!!" Amen! And I do! I am sooo not perfect. Things are dastardly in the world, but I forgive as a GIFT TO ME! And I am ALWAYS WORTH IT, Damn it! :)SO is everyone else!! :) Amen, brutha! Someone asked someone if they were on my “shit list” because they hadn’t seen me for a while. My friend said “NO WAY! Sandi doesn’t even have a shit list!! She forgives everyone!!!” Amen! And I do! I am sooo not perfect. Things are dastardly in the world, but I forgive as a GIFT TO ME! And I am ALWAYS WORTH IT, Damn it! :) SO is everyone else!! :)

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