The first step to getting your life moving is to forgive your parents!

With this excerpt from Andrew Andrews's book, we want to draw your attention to

The power of awareness Forgiveness

We make up our own rules by which people should behave. And as soon as someone violates them, we respond with contempt. But scorning people for not following your rules is just absurd.

Most of us grow up thinking that we can punish someone by refusing to forgive them, or in other words, "If I don't forgive you, you will suffer." But actually I suffer. My stomach is in knots, I can't sleep for whole nights.

The next time you hate someone, close your eyes and think about your feelings. About the way your body feels. While you blame others, you yourself feel miserable. People know each other and do their own thing. Making them feel guilty isn't going to change them - you're only ruining your own life that way. Things are what they are. If a torrential rain flooded your basement, wouldn't you say, "I'll never forgive the weather"? And you will hardly be angry with the seagull that pooped on your head. Then why should get angry at people? We cannot control the storms and the seagulls, nor can we control the people. The universe is not interested in accusations and reproaches - these are things that we humans make up.

As for forgiveness, the first step you need to taketo get your life moving is to forgive your parents. They certainly weren't perfect. But when you were little, they didn't have piles of popular psychology books on "good parents" at their disposal, not to mention that the task of raising you wasn't their only concern. Whatever mistakes they made are all gone. Every time you refuse to forgive your mother, you only prove that you are determined to ruin your life.

From the book Follow Your Heart, Andrew Matthews, published by The Nest

Only after we forgive can we begin to build our new, more beautiful and happy life.

Find out forgiveness, through Milena Goleva's purifying guided meditation - Clearing negative experiences and FORGIVENESS.

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Also read: Liz Bourbeau: You can't heal if you don't forgive yourself