“Worry is like chewing gum – it’s something you do, but it really doesn’t get you anywhere. Worrying about your past mistakes and regrets blocks your ability to forgive and move forward. The human mind cannot consider two opposing thoughts at the same time. It does not know past from present or future; it only acts on what it sees. Take some time to make a list of you mistakes, screw-ups, lies, and sins – whatever vernacular works for you – big and small. Only you know what you need to “for-give” so you can “for-get.”
Just as there seems to be no order to miracles, there is no order to the things that can be forgiven. Getting right with yourself and “blessing the mess” you have created will help you see your journey in a new, more empowering light. Write it all down, then burn it, share it, or keep it for those days when you think forgiving yourself is out of reach. We have all made a mess of things at one time or another. That’s what mistakes are for – to learn how not to do something.”
John St. Augustine, in “Living an Uncommon Life”
For more information about this book visit Amazon.
Jeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 2007 as a Web-based forum for “PONDER on THIS,” a series of weekday inspirational email messages he began sending to subscribers in March 1999. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.