Things happen in this life that are difficult to understand. I wonder if the difficulty is because we are so fixed in our ways or because we have never learned another way. Our Ancestors did not practice forgiveness. Instead, they held onto grudges and slights and this habit of hanging on has caused minor wars and major wars throughout the world. Forgiveness helps us move into balance and to experience abundance.
I love this story from the book, The Bounce Back Book by Karen Salmansohn.
A wise woman and her young disciple were walking down the street. Suddenly, out of nowhere, an angry man in a carriage drove haphazardly by the two, insensitively pushing the woman out of his way. She landed in a ditch filled with muddy water. The woman yelled after the man in the carriage, "May you have everything you want!" The disciple, surprised by the wise woman's response, said: "I'm confused. Why did you say that to a man with such horrible behavior?" The woman replied, "Because a happy man wouldn't have thoughtlessly pushed a woman into a ditch."
I wish you peace and joy.
Many blessings,
Judy
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Judy