self forgiveness is kid of a strange process,, forgiveness involves the idea we have done something wrong or doing something harmful to ourselves or others. It also implies that we want to change our ways.. An example might be my being alcoholic. I stopped drinking in december of 1979 (one or to days ago..) . The part of the process of forgiving myself for the harm I was doing to myself was I had to stop drinking. Simply put I had to change my ways so I 'sinned' no more. From there I had to attempt to straighten out the harm that I had done, I needed to take an moral inventory.. asking forgiveness where possible but I had no right to take others inventory to justify my actions by what they did to me.. in the process you find forgiveness.
One of the best sources for understanding is the 12 step program of AA,, unfortunately some lawyers have gotten involved.. but the program is still out there and it really will work on anything.. you just have to apply the principles .. they really do work and forgiveness is there. The 12 steps (program) is an excellent set written of guidelines that have proven their value.
Allan
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Molly <mollyb363@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a friend who is contemplating self forgiveness. Any suggestions?
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|_D Allan
Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
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