Forgiveness...

As the past couple of months have gone by, I continue to struggle with forgiveness. I guess it's not any longer about the how, but how to move past it. I know in my heart it is not about the other person as much as it is for me to find the freedom in my heart to move on. I guess my struggle begins when I tell myself "I should let it go" and "but it still hurts." I always go back to that part of me where the wall needs to go up, where I say "I am OK", "I don't need anything or anyone" so that my feelings don't continue to hurt or hunt me right before I go to bed. So I read this today "Forgiveness doesn't excuse their behavior, Forgiveness prevents their behavior from destroying your heart", and it has changed something in the way I have been dealing with FORGIVENES.... I have to move past it, I have to forgive myself, I have to tell myself "they don't know your story - but you do", I have to be a better person, a better mother, a better teacher to my children, so that when the day comes that they are faced with having to forgive they know how-to, with a free and open heart, without regrets, anger or frustration. I know is not easy but I am trying...

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