{"id":1537,"date":"2014-08-30T15:39:49","date_gmt":"2014-08-30T19:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esteelevinson.com\/site\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2014-08-30T15:39:49","modified_gmt":"2014-08-30T19:39:49","slug":"forgiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.esteelevinson.com\/site\/forgiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"FORGIVENESS IS FOR YOU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORGIVENESS IS FOR YOU<\/p>\n<p>Real forgiveness is our innate ability to feel safe and free to be who we truly are.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most important components of life, is the ability to forgive ourselves and others &#8211; in order to be at peace within, we need to allow it to penetrate our core.<\/p>\n<p>The inability to forgive is like inviting negative energy in, which does not allow us to live life fully &#8211; it affects every aspect of our lives.<\/p>\n<p>We must realize that holding on to any negative energy created by our past thoughts, feelings, and experiences, is keeping us imprisoned in the &#8220;cells of our mind&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Negativity hinders our efforts to be successful in life &#8211; it must be acknowledged and released.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of making peace within our soul is not just mind talk; It&#8217;s bigger than that &#8211; it&#8217;s a way of being ok with all the experiences, contradictions, and different expressions of one&#8217;s life story.<\/p>\n<p>Self-forgiveness is finally allowing yourself to remove the &#8220;big rock&#8221; sitting on your chest and breathing freely after holding your breath for too long.<\/p>\n<p>Why do I need to let go?<\/p>\n<p>Think about it: two wrongs don&#8217;t make a right!<\/p>\n<p>Forgiving is not about forgetting, it&#8217;s about not letting a wrong hold you back!<\/p>\n<p>In the end we don&#8217;t have to answer for what others do to us &#8211; only for what we do to ourselves and to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORGIVENESS IS FOR YOU Real forgiveness is our innate ability to feel safe and free to be who we truly are. 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