Tag: Forgiveness

What do you think is the absolute worst crime you can commit as a human being? I would venture to guess that killing is probably on the top of the list for most people. I’ve written several times about recognizing our own capacity for brutality, but I’ve always stopped...

When a relationship is falling apart, it is never just one person’s fault. We would love to believe that it’s completely one sided. It’s so much easier to portray ourselves as the innocent victim or the righteous hero. But alas, the brutal truth is that 99% of the time,...

When I learned reiki and began letting go of expectations, I noticed an interesting change happening. I became more emotionally stable. Fewer things upset me and I spent less time worrying about what other people thought of me. I stopped playing the victim because I realized that things would improve...

In my previous post about bullying, I touched briefly on forgiving yourself for being weak. I believe accepting your physical weakness is a topic that deserves its own post. From the stand point of our survival instincts, being labeled as weak is fatal. Some animal moms will reject a...

Tomorrow being Mother’s Day, it’s a perfect opportunity to take a look at the topic of parenting. We all have our own ideas about what is good parenting and bad parenting. As a parent myself, I really struggled to meet my own standards of good parenting, and I made...