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Howtoletgoandforgive

We’veallbeenhurtbyanotherpersonatsometimeoranother—wewere

treatedbadly,trustwasbroken,heartswerehurt.

Andwhilethispainisnormal,

relivethepainoverandover,andhaveahardtimelettinggo.

nlycausustobeunhappy,butcanstrainor

ruinrelationships,distractusfromworkandfamilyandotherimportantthings,

rappedina

cycleofangerandhurt,andmissoutonthebeautyoflifeasithappens.

tobeabletoforgive,sowecanmoveon

andbehappy.

ThisissomethingIlearnedthehardway—afteryearsofholdingontoanger

atalovedonethatstemmedfrommychildhoodandteen-ageyears,Ifinally

letgoofthisanger(about8yearsagoorso).Iforgave,andnotonlyhasit

improvedmyrelationshipwiththislovedonetremendously,ithasalsohelped

metobehappier.

Forgivenesscanchangeyourlife.

Forgivenessdoesnotmeanyouerathepast,orforgetwhathashappened.

Itdoesn’tevenmeantheotherpersonwillchangehisbehavior—youcannot

eansisthatyouarelettinggooftheangerandpain,and

movingontoabetterplace.

It’canlearntodoit.

Ifyou’reholdingontopain,relivingit,andcan’tletgoandforgive,readonfor

somethingsI’velearned.

n’tgoingtodoitinacondormaybenot

ittochanging,

becauyourecognizethatthepainishurtingyou.

oblemsdoesthispaincauyou?

Doesitaffectyourrelationshipwiththisperson?Withothers?Doesitaffect

workorfamily?Doesitstopyoufrompursuingyourdreams,orbecominga

betterperson?Doesitcauyouunhappiness?Thinkofalltheproblems,

inkofthebenefitsofforgiveness—

howitwillmakeyouhappier,freeyoufromthepastandthepain,improve

thingswithyourrelationshipsandlifeingeneral.

notcontroltheactionsofothers,and

shouldn’cancontrolnotonlyyouractions,butyourthoughts.

Youcanstoprelivingthehurt,ethis

tneedtolearnhowtoexerciit.

s:putyourlfinthatperson’nderstand

romtheassumptionthattheperson

isn’tabadperson,uldhehavebeen

thinking,whatcouldhavehappenedtohiminthepasttomakehimdowhat

hedid?Whatcouldhehavefeltashedidit,andwhatdidhefeelafterward?

Howdoeshefeelnow?Youaren’tsayingwhathedidisright,butareinstead

tryingtounderstandandempathize.

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igureouthowyoucouldhave

uldyouhavedoneto

preventit,andhowcanyoupreventitfromhappeningnexttime?Thisisn’tto

sayyou’retakingalltheblame,ortakingresponsibilityawayfromtheother

person,buttorealizethatwearenotvictimsbutparticipantsinlife.

tyou’vereflectedonthepast,realizethat

’thappeninganymore,t

causproblems—d,bringyourfocusback

eyoudoingnow?Whatjoycanyoufindin

whatishappeningrightnow?Findthejoyinlifenow,asithappens,andstop

,youwillinevitablystartthinkingaboutthepast,butjust

acknowledgethat,andgentlybringyourlfbacktotheprentmoment.

ocusontheprent,tryfocusing

eeachbreathgoingoutisthepainandthepast,

gineeachbreathcomingin

ispeace,

orward,thinkingnolongerofthepast,butof

peaceandtheprent.

y,forgivethepersonandrealizethatin

forgiveness,

eforthem,and

lifeingeneral,aketime,butifyou’restuckonthis

point,repeatsomeoftheonesaboveuntilyoucangethere.

Earthquake

At5:13onthemomingofApril18th,1906，thecityofSanFraisowasshakenbya

partofthecitywasdestroyedandalargenumberof

berofpeoplewholosttheirhomesreachedasmany

as250,700peoplediedintheearthquakeandthefires.

AnotherearthquakeshookSanFranciscoonOctober17th,merica’s

enedinthe

ndbusyroadwhichwasbuiltlihea

oplewerekillesintheir

cars,butafewluckyoneswerenothurt.

Luckthe1989earthquakedidnothappenintheinthecentreoftownbutabout55

buildingswereover60yearsold,erealotof

ctricitywascutoffforveraldaystoo.

Whydoearthquakeshappen?Scientistxplainthattheoutsideoftheearthis

ranciscothePacificplate,whichis

movingtowardsthenortheast,ificplateismoving

mesthetwoplatesstopanddonot

ddenly,ultofthe

movementoftheplates,westAmerica,nearthea,hasalwaysbeenabadplacefor

e1906earthquakehappened,thepacificplatejumped5-6

meterstothenorth.

Scientistsareafraidthatonedayanevenbiggerearthquakewillhitthearea

llit“TheBigOne”.However,peopletodayarestill

ulationinandaroundSanFranciscoisnowtentimes

ansthatifthereisanotherbigearthquake,agreat

manyhousandbuildingswillbedestroyed.

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ThePowerofNature

三个懒汉

Akinghadthreesonswhomhelovedequallywell，andhedidnotknow

whichofthemtoappointaskingfollowinghisowndeath.

Whenthetimecameforhimtodiehecalledthemtohisbedandsaid，

“Dearchildren，

ofyouisthelaziestshallbecomekingafterme.”

Theoldestonesaid，“Father，thenthekingdombelongstome，forI

amsolazythatwheneverIliedowntosleep，andadropfallsintomyeyes，

IwillnotevenclothemsothatIcanfallasleep.”

Thecondonesaid，“Father，thekingdombelongstome，forIam

solazythatwhenIamsittingbythefirewarmingmylf，Iwouldratherlet

myheelsburnupthantopullmylegsback.”

Thethirdonesaid，“Father，thekingdomismine，forIamsolazythat

ifIweregoingtobehangedandalreadyhadtheropearoundmyneck，and

someoneputintomyhandasharpknifewithwhichtocuttherope，Iwould

letmylfbehangedratherthantoliftmyhanduptotherope.”

Whenthefatherheardthis,hesaid，“Youhavetakenitthefarthestand

shallbeking.”