March 4

”His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Forgiveness is a large part of healing our wrongs of the past. In working the steps, and in particular Steps 8 and 9, we begin to see the damage our actions have caused. It is not only the damage to others that we seek to recover from in making our amends, but the affect it has had on ourselves by holding onto our negative emotions of resentment, anger and fear for all those years. It is a powerful experience to make amends and release ourselves from our self-made prison. Letting go of the past and honestly making an effort to make up for our wrongs in whatever we can gives us the ability to move forward in our recovery and our lives. The best amend that we can make to most of those close to us is to continue working our program. In becoming a better, more genuine, caring and loving human being, we will restore trust and faith in those close to us. Our actions will show just how much we have changed and how we do not want to go back to the person we used to be.

Affirmation I will forgive someone today, and let go of a part of the past that has been weighing me down.