Bertha…is urging me to forgive any unpleasant circumstances in my life 
today…those circumstances…where there’s really no one to blame…but…things just aren’t going the way I want them to…and…I feel the need to blame someone…anyway…
Okay…I don’t have to dig too deep…to find a couple of examples…past and present…but…I’m not exactly sure how to forgive a circumstance…
She says that I begin by forgiving myself…reminding me that I am the common denominator in all of them…so…I forgive my part in the situation… she says that may look like…resistance…guilt…shame…blame …victimhood… whatever the feelings that I am having…connected with the situation…
Then…she says…I should let go of the…need…for things to be different…and just accept what they are…while keeping my sights set on where I want to go from here…
She says it’s like going on a trip…I may not enjoy all of the scenery along the way…but…I don’t get frustrated because I know these places are only temporary…and…if I just keep following the map…I’ll arrive at my destination in no time…
Then…she brings up the alternative…forty years…wandering the desert…
Hmmm…forgiveness sounds much better than…wandering…
Jane
I wonder where you would wander?! Stick to following the map, Jane. Bertha has good advice on this.
Thanks, Peggy…one foot in front of the other…one foot! 😉
You know I always agree with Bertha…however, there are times when just “kicking it to the curb and screaming I will never forgive this!” feels so much better…I think that is in some strange way a form of forgiveness or at least a start ?
You know how I am 🙂 <3
LOL…Bea…you make me smile with the image…and…yes…there is a certain amount of closure to that…definitely a start! 😉