tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post391516518842083150..comments2023-07-26T03:02:44.055-07:00Comments on ANWA Founder & Friends: ForgivenessMarsha Wardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15389060049107102815noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-86112534305836137552011-10-23T21:23:50.128-07:002011-10-23T21:23:50.128-07:00Love this, Kami. Thanks so much. I am going to com...Love this, Kami. Thanks so much. I am going to come back to it often, I think, since I've been working on forgiveness for a couple of years.Wendy A. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657524807884990167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-43350785308788641062011-10-18T10:18:48.812-07:002011-10-18T10:18:48.812-07:00Hi Kami! I wanted to return the favor and visit yo...Hi Kami! I wanted to return the favor and visit you, and I'm so glad I did. I absolutely agree. Some things are never okay, and pretending like they didn't happen isn't usually helpful. <br /><br />I am writing my autobiography also, and in doing so, there are so many layers of questions I ask myself about how to proceed. I've wondered too, how I would write about the exact same events of my childhood, for example, if I was in my 20's. What kinds of healing has taken place since then that would allow me to write differently now? I might write with a greater vulnerability than before, because I've found that place within myself that says, "I am going to be okay no matter what." <br /><br />I think healing and forgiveness does come in layers, don't you? And with a lot of childhood pain, there is an eventual grieving of that which so desired, and perhaps even deserved to have but never really did. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing a little pocket of your soul here.Melaneehttp://www.readytoglow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-2451167859212998112011-10-16T00:27:28.233-07:002011-10-16T00:27:28.233-07:00Thanks Kami. You gave me pause for thought. Good l...Thanks Kami. You gave me pause for thought. Good lessons to be learned here.Cindy R. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04514658355740025380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-51644443560446455982011-10-14T09:40:32.278-07:002011-10-14T09:40:32.278-07:00I appreciate how you, or the person on Oprah, word...I appreciate how you, or the person on Oprah, worded the forgiveness. I came to the conclusion a few years ago that you just leave the past alone and move forward. But that is much better and adds a dimension. I think this helps whether you are forgiving yourself, others or dealing with others forgiving or not forgiving you.Susan G. Hawshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08149863824322299876noreply@blogger.com