If you choose to be a bitter person, you can never be a better person. If you keep your yesterday alive you will kill your tomorrow. Those who keep memories of past disgrace, disappointments, betrayals, hurts, thoughts and pictures never see the beauty around them or the good in others.
One of the forces that drains our energy and saps power thus limiting us from attaining the best in life is UNFORGIVENESS. Unforgiveness has never improved the condition of anybody. It only distorts focus by destroying faith and hope. To live in Unforgiveness is to dwell in error. Unforgiveness has a way of shutting off the gate valve of love thereby stopping us from doing the right things.
You can never get things right by doing things wrong. Why carry a burden you can unload? Why suffer when you can be happy and free? Why live in pain, resentment and envy when you can live in peace and joy? Do you know that most of the time the person you are bitter and angry with doesn't even know.
Offences must surely come,but blessed is he who does not dwell in offences. You must have strong reasons and rights to hate that person or people but what will it add to your life? If everybody you have ever offended chose to hold it against you, where will you be? ? Yes,it's sometimes easier to forgive an enemy than close people who hurt us. I mean people we love and care for. It's at such times you need to learn to look back and think about the good old times. No matter how bad they might have become there were times when they were probably good and kind to you. You don't love people only when it is comfortable but even when it is inconvenient. Great men are known for their attitude of forgiveness.
Forgiveness is the mark of the strong and the brave. Small people and cowards don't forgive. You are not small, you were born to do great things. Do yourself a favour, save yourself the expense of anger, the high cost of hatred and the waste of energy on bitterness. Holding on to the past can cripple destiny. You don't lose anything when you forgive. You gain. The truth is there is no "revenge" so sweet as forgiveness. Let go of yesterday and embrace your colourful tomorrow, where peace, joy and prosperity abounds. Remember, yesterday ended last night.
- Habu Dawaki
Ephesians 4:26 -"In your anger do not sin"do not let the sun go down while you are still angry....
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