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Choose Forgiveness

Making Peace with Your Past: Choosing Forgiveness*

Are you haunted by something that happened in your past? Whether someone wronged you or you made a decision you regret, Dr. Phil says that forgiveness is what you do for yourself, not for other people. When you forgive, it doesn't mean that you approve of what's happened. Rather, it means that you're giving yourself permission to move on with your life. 

Forgiveness is a choice. Don't wait for it to just wash over you all of a sudden. You have to choose it.

Don't give your power away. The pain of what happened is inevitable, but continuing to suffer is optional. The only person you can control is you. By constantly reliving the pain of what happened, you are giving your power away to the person who wronged you.

Don't cling to negative feelings. Anger is nothing more than an outward sign of hurt, fear, guilt, grief or frustration. While the pain may never completely disappear, forgiveness can help you release the anger and bring those in your life closer to you.

There is no right timeline for recovery. For some people, making peace happens suddenly and spontaneously. For others, it takes time and effort. You may have to make a conscious effort every day to forgive. To say, "I'm letting this go. I'm not going to invest hatred, bitterness, anger, resentment in this person anymore." You can find closure in forgiveness.

You can't change the things that happened in your life, but you can decide how you interpret and respond to them. If you didn't receive support when you needed it, give it to yourself now.

Listen to your internal dialogue. What are you saying to yourself? Write them down without censoring them. Is what you're saying fair and true? If not, generate new ways of thinking. Someone may have said horrible things to you long ago, but it's possible you took over for them when it stopped.

Consider what you need to do to get emotional closure. Maybe you just need a simple apology. Find your Minimal Effective Response — the easiest thing you can do to resolve your pain.

Share your experience with others. Finding a lesson in what happened can help put the experience in perspective and your emotions in check. People can thrive and suffer at the same time.

Make peace with the past. :)

Ikaw

ikaw, anong mga plano mo?

Band Aide

I was once a girl with a broken heart;
Then you came along with a band aide. :)

I will

I am just looking for strength and inner peace.


JOKE!! tinatamad lang ako. HAHAHAHA

word

Gotcha!!

This I miss..

Does it really matter?

"We know gays exist and they are fighting for recognition and equality. It's becoming overrated already," ... I say tell that to every gay or lesbian bullied, disowned or killed.

Until we live in a world where parents don't impose gender, where the Church embraces lovers of the same sex, or where schools do not condone gender discrimination, the fight for equality continues.

UP intended to confuse its audience into asking "Is that a guy being lifted?" or "Is that a girl lifting a dude?" I think the question UP Pep hoped the audience would ultimately ask is "Does it really matter?" 

 

 Excerpts from UP Pep Squad's beautiful protest

The first to forgive is the strongest

It was exactly what you wanted

Never regret anything you've once said or done;

It's like you're building up regrets for being "real."

It started with a smiley

My heart bleeds MAROON

Okay lang matalo paminsan-minsan. It's not how you fall, it's how you bounce back.

that it wasn't all in vain

This Is The Letter You Deserve, To Tell You That You Deserve More

Sometimes it’s easy to settle and forget the kind of love that you deserve. This is a letter for me, for you and for anyone who might need a reminder of what that kind of love looks like — what you are worth.

You deserve more than someone who shifts to the other side of the bed, leaving you dreading the thought of morning, a reminder that intoxicated desire looks different a few hours later when the sun has risen.

You deserve someone who wants to wake up to touch that place on your face where the sun seeps through the blinds and lands on your cheek.

You deserve someone who tells you how beautiful you are while you’re sleeping, when you’re mad, when you cry during your favorite movie even though you’ve seen it a thousand times.

You deserve someone who appreciates you for who you are. You deserve someone who asks to keep the lights on so that he or she can admire you at all times.

You deserve someone who doesn’t agree with you all the time, but when you argue, it feels as if you’re pushing each other to be your best selves.

You deserve someone who wants to sit down and talk with you until dusk turns to dawn about new beginnings, desires and the unknown. Someone who knows that the touch of warm skin sometimes says more than a thousand conversations could.

You deserve someone who is just as independent and driven as you are — if not more so. You deserve someone who will inspire you — someone who will trust you enough to provide you with space to grow.

You deserve someone who pushes you to understand yourself, to be unashamed and courageous.

You deserve what is best for you, which looks different than what anyone else has. Although you’ll have to jump some hurdles, fight tears and endure nights alone to get there, when you finally stumble upon what you do deserve, from there, the rest won’t matter. Have faith that it will come when the time is right. You deserve it.

Love, Someone who cares

Sienna Brown

It feels like HOME.

Seven Years

Cosmo69

SORRY BUT I JUST CAN'T!!!

Nyelp

Gusto ko lang ipost. haha! Maarte akong uuwi ng Pilipinas ngayon. hihi. :D