Forgiveness

Tonight something happened that I was not expecting a relapse from the past that came and haunted me. I wanted to come home and find peace and came across this article by President James E. Faust called the Healing Powers of Forgiveness. May 2007 Ensign. It is a powerful story about the Amish that had children killed and their ability to forgive.
Forgiveness is freeing up and putting to better use the energy once consumed by holding grudges, harboring resentments, and nursing unhealed wounds. It is rediscovering the strengths we always had and relocating our limitless capacity to understand and accept other people and ourselves.”
If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being. Some recent studies show that people who are taught to forgive become “less angry, more hopeful, less depressed, less anxious and less stressed,” which leads to greater physical well-being.9 Another of these studies concludes “that forgiveness … is a liberating gift [that] people can give to themselves