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| When I first saw this image about forgiveness on Facebook, the spirit within me immediately breathed a resounding, "Yes!" I loved it so much that I actually created a new board on Pinterest called "Wisdom," just so I could copy and paste this image and then revisit it! Forgiving others who I've perceived to hurt me has had only positive effects on my overall level of peace, and having that higher level of peace has had nothing but positive ramifications elsewhere in my life. I rarely feel stressed out to the point of stress-eating, and I deal with far fewer muscular pains. I'm much less likely to get stressed out by my daily responsibilities as a doctor, and I'm far less grouchy with my husband and kids. Best of all, difficult people who used to push my buttons don't have the same negative effect on me. Now, I deal with them with an attitude that's more like "water off a duck's back." I realize that they see the world through lenses made of their own baggage and I have compassion for them. But I don't let them or their reactions steal my joy. Moreover, because I don't waste mental or emotional energy "reacting," I get much more done without feeling tired. I don't WASTE energy by reacting to other people or from dwelling on the negative. In contrast, back when I used to hold onto anger, it had only a negative impact in my life. More than once, I caught myself dwelling on ways other people wronged me. Being a bit of an obsessive person, I've tended to ruminate on certain past events the way a cow chews its cud. Thankfully, nowadays, I catch myself doing that earlier and redirect my thoughts more quickly onto God's truth and His goodness. How about you? Feel free to comment below on how extending forgiveness has impacted your level of peace, your physical health, and your relationships. |
I work as a medical sonographer, by the way was in Dallas last year at this time on contract at UT Southwestern Maternal Fetal Medicine department. Anywho, I have an emotional eating problem, it's huge. I am a type A control freak. My father pretty much put me down my whole life and I have no selfworth pretty much. I have been traveling for work the last 2 years, took a permanent parttime job at a hospital close to home and this radiologist will be the death of me. LOL. I swear he has asberger's he is demeaning and it is my dad all over again, he doesn't give me the time of day because I haven't lived in this small town all my life and I am no longer young and pretty and thin. Well that's how I feel. From your book I think I need to pray for him. But I hate going to work there because of him . I isolate myself, and do all the things a depressed overweight person would do. I do need to forgive him and pray for him, but I also need alot of help to get this 50lbs off and starat feeling like myself again. I am very alone in my relationship with my husband and I just pull away. I have the battle with the Flesh CD is there another you could suggest?
ReplyDeleteHi Sherri. Thanks for your question.
ReplyDeleteThe closest I got to your old stomping ground at UT Southwestern was Parkland's NICU! We saw the new babies with MMC's and developmental delay....But that seems like a thousand years ago...
I think you might like the Beach CD. It deals more directly with how you respond to your emotions. The Forest CD is about exercise and the Picnic CD is about how to eat when there's an over-abundance of food, such as at social events and at buffets.
I pray the CD blesses you!