Friday, Jan. 13, 2023
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Forgiveness
Forgiveness is another word for letting go. — Matthew Fox
What a wonderful discovery it is when we realize our Higher Power has forgiven our past actions! What a joy to know that as we have been delivered from our addiction, we also have been forgiven for our mistakes! We experience a love we never dreamed possible, one that accepts us for being exactly who we are and doesn’t put us down for all the trouble and pain we have caused.
As we have been forgiven, so must we forgive. Our program instructs us as to how we can receive our forgiveness and how we can extend forgiveness to others. Forgiveness is to recovery as oxygen is to the air we breathe.
We seek to get rid of all the conditions we place on our ability to forgive. There are no “ifs” in forgiveness. “If he apologizes first” or “if she changes her ways” are some of the ways we put conditions on forgiveness.
I realize that to keep my own forgiveness, I must give it away. Forgiveness is for sharing.
Hazelden Foundation
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