The people who haven’t found forgiveness are wretched inside. They are trapped by their past. They are a dormant volcano and when the erupt their anger and ugliness bubbles out of them and they are emotionally supercharged. They can be cold, mean, and at best completely draining to be around.
Do you know what forgiveness does for you? Have you experienced the transformation from it?
It takes away all of that ugliness inside of you. It removes the negative charge, the ugly feelings, and the bitterness inside of you and fills you with peace.
It allows you to experience what’s in front of you. To beak free of the past and the problems that live there (all problems live in the past), and to take off the lens that’s been shaping your life. You see things differently.
Your inner volcano becomes extinct. You no longer feel the need to self preserve or protect and you can live in the moment and soak in joy, love, and bliss when they show up.
Sometimes you need to forgive others.
Sometimes you need to forgive yourself.
It’s never helpful to carry the past into your future. The act of true forgiveness can get you there.