March 7

”To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you.” Louis B. Smedes

As human beings we have a tendency to hold onto things, good and bad. Often as a result, we focus much of our attention on the past, reminiscing about how things were or might have been. Forgiving ourselves, and others whom we have affected through our addictive behaviour is another step in our process of letting go. We need to let go of the baggage we are carrying within us, most especially those things that are unresolved. In making our amends we move from holding onto the past and into the present by taking responsibility and doing something to make life better. We are humbled by our acts of amendment and gain wisdom in seeing the pain we have caused others. It is important to make amends to ourselves and take measures to establish things that we have neglected or deprived ourselves of during those periods when we were focused on our addiction and not making healthy choices.

Affirmation I hold the key to walk out of my prison, and that key is forgiveness.