Judith is the author of The Sacred Women’s Circle series,
romantic fiction that honors spiritual practices that nourish the soul and
celebrates the journey from relationship to romance.
One of the wonders I look for in my yard
are hummingbirds sipping from the salvia. Something else I also see is a cat
stalking through my yard focused on these same hummingbirds. While I also focus
on these tiny bundles of energy when I spot them, I wish them no harm.
I’ve seen cats (more than one comes into
my yard) pounce on birds, including the hummers.
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| Salvia blossoms |
You may be asking yourself “what do
these thoughts and observations have to do with writing blog posts?”
Here’s my answer:
Labor Day Weekend I attended one of this
year’s Women of the 14th Moon Gatherings. I was talking with a
couple of women about unconditional acceptance and why that is important if we
want to experience unconditional love.
Our conversation included my telling
about an experience I had doing a workshop in Slovenia on “Peace In Our World”
right after the Balkan War in the mid-1990’s. My premise: Peace requires that
we choose to live a peaceful life and to do that we must give up revenge. I
will add that my premise was not accepted by many in the workshop. Of course
people in attendance had experiences, witnessed or heard first-hand accounts of
atrocities so their point of view wasn’t unexpected.
When Lynn talked about forgiveness, a
brilliant light of “Aha” shone forth. I had not talked to the group in Slovenia
about forgiveness and why it serves us more than the one(s) we forgive.
What I know now is:
We cannot give up revenge
for those wrongs done to us until we can forgive.
We cannot have peace in
our own lives until we forgive ourselves.
We cannot unconditionally
accept others until we can unconditionally accept ourselves.
I’ll talk more next Monday about how
these ideas fit into the story about the hummers and the cats. Hope you’ll come
back and continue the dialogue with me.
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2 comments:
"We cannot give up revenge for those wrongs done to us until we can forgive."
I agree with this statement. It can be very hard to forgive someone, depending on the wrongs, atrocities etc perpetrated against one. I know hanging on to anger is unhealthy to the host.
I have experienced this. And I do not like to feel that much anger. It's devastating. To me, Revenge is Anger. Forgiveness is hard but necessary. And just because you forgive someone, it doesn't mean you condone their actions.
"And just because you forgive someone, it doesn't mean you condone their actions."
That is your wisdom speaking, Diana. So many people equate forgiveness with approval or condoning the action. They then miss the gift in "forgiveness."
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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