Category Archives: Forgiveness

Lessons in Gratitude Day 997–More About Letting Go

Some people have an amazing ability to hold a grudge. The other day I was talking with a friend, telling them that I had heard from a person with whom I haven’t spoken in many years. This person had taken … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 980–The Gift of Forgiveness

Tonight is one of those nights that I sincerely hope I have the energy to convey the information, the message that I have to share. I feel the ideas tickling at the periphery of my consciousness, and hope that I … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 957–The Gift of Grace

“My soul looks back and wonder how I got over.” I am grateful tonight for the sentiment expressed in that old gospel song–I am grateful for the journey that is my life. Like most lives, like most journeys, it hasn’t … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 839

Tonight I am still pondering the concept of forgiveness. I want to circle back around to two important concepts prompted by comments people made in response to yesterday’s blog. Point #1: Forgiveness is a much about the person doing the … Continue reading

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Lesson in Gratitude Day 838

“I’ve been tryin’ to get down to the Heart of the Matter/But my will gets weak And my thoughts seem to scatter/But I think it’s about forgiveness…” ~Don Henley (India.Arie) What is a the heart of the matter? How often … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 802

Tonight is a good one for simple gratitude. It has been a long day: I was up and out early assisting with a charity golf tournament supporting scholarships for students in one of the programs offered through my office at … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 770

I have been thinking a lot about forgiveness. A lot. It isn’t so much that I have been recently aggrieved by someone and needing to exercise my forgiveness muscles. It’s more that from time to time I become aware that … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 683

I am really appreciative of the willingness and desire of my guest blogger, my daughter Michal, to create and share yesterday’s gratitude blog. First of all, it’s exciting to me that she’s interested in and thinks a lot about the … Continue reading

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