• Tuesday, 18 March 2008 14:14

The Principle of Forgiveness & Reparations: Life is substantially improved when I forgive others promptly and seek forgiveness for my wrongs. I also need to make reparations for all harm done.

Many of us don’t realize the extent of the damage we have caused in other peoples lives. We tend to down play the results of our selfishness, self-centeredness, pride and ego. We tend to forget those situations and circumstances that have hurt others. The truth is that we may not realize that someone we care about or even someone we may not even care too much about is suffering or hurting from our past actions or words.

In order for to move forward into our new, more successful life, we must commit to working on this area of our lives forever. It takes more than sitting down for five or ten minutes, listing the people that come to mind (the big things) and simply apologizing the next time you see them. No, this is a lifetime commitment that will produce amazing results, but only if we are honest with ourselves and others. The easiest way to do this is to simply ask people about how they may have been hurt by us.

Obviously it would be extremely impractical if we were to go to every single person we have ever encountered and ask them if we have ever harmed them. This would take a lifetime and would miss the point of what we are trying to accomplish. A much easier and efficient way is to pray about who we should approach. God will put the people we need to speak with in our path when the time is right. It’s important for us to seize upon these opportunities because many times the opportunity may not present itself again.

If we follow this simply fundamental in our life we will be blessed with true spiritual freedom. It will be a freedom that we have never know or comprehended and we will be doing our part to continue to make the world a better place and ourselves into better people.