Tag: forgiveness
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Forgiveness Is Not Condoning
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Curves. I have one last bit of data to find before I can file the tax return I extended in April when I was sick and overworked and sick of being overworked. I think I can safely find the data now because I unexpectedly found something…
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Milestone
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Crimes to the Third Degree. I heard someone say that forgiveness is giving up all hope of a better past. I’m not sure if what I’m feeling tonight is forgiveness. It feels more like…understanding. So here I sit in the wee hours of the morning, bawling my eyes…
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Thank You for Treating Me Like Shit (No, Really….)
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Life in the Third Degree. My dead grandfather is in my garden. Again. But where else would he be? No one he loved/loves still lives on the farm under the old oaks where he spent the bulk of his 90 years as an entrepreneur and individualist. He was…
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The Marriage of Guilt and Self-Loathing
For much of my life, I have felt guilty. From the Bookshelf Give Your Life Direction — 23 life-coaching tips to get unstuck and moving again. Available direct from the author → Whether I’d done anything or not. Whether I’d done something–like stop harm to someone else–or not. I carried the weight of my actions…
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How to Release Resentments and Anger
“How can I release old resentments and anger?” a friend asked. She’s a very wise and together person, and very spiritual, so the question surprised me a little. There’s always that expectation, you know, that spiritual people don’t get angry or carry resentments but some wounds are deep and take a long, long time to…
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The Letting Go Song (Inspiration from ABBA/Mamma Mia)
I took my Broadway-Musical-loving Aislinn to see Mamma Mia a few nights ago so we could have some mother-daughter bonding time. I loved the movie–sucker that I am for musicals and reunion romances. It reminded me of when she and her older sister were little and I used to play ABBA songs while they danced…
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The Real Secret to Manifesting Reunions with Old Lovers (or anyone else)
Photo (not me) by sassysugarpants What an amazing discovery! It’s not focusing on what we don’t want or focusing on the wrong things that hinders the manifesting process—though both are important in the Law of Attraction, prayer, magick, or however you apply Universal Law to your life. What keeps you from manifesting what you really…
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Spiritual Epiphanies: Understanding Why We Sometimes Can’t Accept an Apology
Not long ago, I was talking to Bev Walton-Porter about people who say they’re sorry and why we sometimes can’t accept an apology. From a spiritual standpoint, this has bothered me because for many people, I can accept an apology, forgive instantly upon that apology, and move right along, but for others, it’s much harder…
