Moving On

What does it mean to move on? When someone you love dies, there are always those who will feel you have grieved long enough, & will tell you it's time for you to move on (for the record, people should be able to move on from their grief when they are ready...not when someone says they should). Then there are those whose relationships have ended, & in order to find peace, they must learn to move on. What about those who have hurt you? Would it not be easier to feed the grudge you have against them, instead of letting them "get away with it" by ignoring them or choosing to not dwell on what they did?

Guilt

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When we mess up, we shouldn't dwell on feeling guilty. What....you say??? That makes no sense! While feelings of guilt & remorse are supposed to prick our conscience & help us to see how our actions may have affected someone else in a negative way, & while such feelings are useful in helping us to learn from what we said or did & to try not to repeat our mistakes, focusing on the guilt & not the lesson learned, serves no good purpose. It benefits no one.

Forgiveness

My friend Kelly writes a blog. Kelly writes from her heart, & her posts are quite entertaining. Why am I talking about Kelly, you may ask? Because she inspired me. 
Kelly knew I was feeling a bit hurt because it seemed as if 
nobody cared about the things I had to say. 
She reminded me that writing can be cathartic, & that the motive for writing should be because I enjoy doing so. So with that in mind, this post is from my heart. I want to share some thoughts on the topic of forgiveness.

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