A Question I’ll Never Forget
During the Q&A portion of my workshop at the Breaking the Silence Conference, someone asked me a question I’d never been asked before.
He said, "With all the baggage there is around the word forgiveness, have you ever thought of using a different word?"
For a slight moment, I hesitated.
But internally, the answer was clear.
Yes, I've thought about it. And no, I'm not interested.
Because the concept of forgiveness is universal.
It's found in cultural and spiritual texts all around the world.
Long before Christianity, long before the United States, the concept of letting go of the wrongs that have been done to you has lived on.
The baggage around the word comes from people who misunderstand what forgiveness actually means.
They think it's about reconciliation.
They think it's about bringing a family back together.
They think it's something done for someone else.
But it's not.
Buddha says, "Hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed. This is the ancient and eternal law."
Nothing in that statement says once you release the hatred, you need to invite them to your birthday party 🙃
So I'm not going to let a small group of people weaponize this word because they think forgiveness is something you should do for someone other than yourself.
Forgiveness is too big for that.
It's too powerful.
It's too freeing.
It doesn't deserve to be chained in.
And I'm here to do the work of reclaiming this word. Of educating and showing how it can impact your life, for the better.
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