forgiveness...

Why is it so hard to forgive some wrongs? I am struggling ...I am trying...I really am. But my heart was so bruised I cannot stop thinking about this wrong. I find my mind wandering back to this offense several times a day. It pulls me down. I have tried replacing it with a prayer for the person that wronged me. I want to get past this... I really do! The person has asked for my forgiveness...I told this person that I forgave them. I truly am trying! And yet for some crazy reason the offense creeps into my mind and I feel bad. Any suggestions?

Sweet Nothings III

I feel like Purple today... There is something very therapeutic about laughter and I needed a good dose today... The laughter was provided compliments of a good friend. She cracks me up most every day but today was especially gut-wrenching! She came to me and told me a story about needing her head-lights cleaned on her car and I offered her my Goo-Gone to wash the bugs away...I told her that she could find some Goo Gone in my drawers in the media center. That is as much as I can share about this conversation w/out sharing too much...but it was funny, as I am sure you can imagine. We laughed and laughed. Sometimes laughter comes when we are not trying to be funny... There is also something therapeutic about going to the person who is a source of conflict and talking through the issue. That is something that is not always easy for me (as I am VERY NON-CONFRONTATIONAL). When something is causing frustration I have had to learn that it is best to confront it quickly...talk about it...and try to reach a resolution. A resolution does not always come but most of the time it does. That also happened today. My attitude is better today than it was yesterday and that brings peace of mind.
Purple...Practicing Unity Reaches People with Love Eternal

Sweet Nothings II

I feel like red today...I don't know why...
This day has tried my patience. I prayed today that God would help me to seek Him in everything. I thanked Him for forgiving me of my wrongs and my "rights". I felt I needed forgiveness for the things that I thought I had gotten "right" because I know that anything I do "right" pales in comparison to "HIS righteousness".
AND then I prayed for patience... That being said I knew that as soon as I said that prayer I was in BIG TROUBLE! and so I was...
So tomorrow I think I will pray for World Peace instead...there is probably a better chance for World Peace than for me to be Completely Patient. I try...I really do! Still I am a work in progress...

Today I write...

I started this blog today to begin putting my thoughts down. I don't know that anyone will ever take the time to read them...that is irrelevant... I just want to express my feelings on some things that are important to me and so I will... Forgive me as I sometimes have a way of getting sappy but that is just my heart speaking. I hope that sharing my life experiences may touch someone who needs a touch....may inspire someone who needs inspiration...may hug someone who needs a hug...may enlighten someone who is in the dark. I don't claim to know all the answers but along the way and through the years I have observed...I have learned...and I have shared ...I have gotten it right sometimes...and I have gotten it WAY wrong sometimes. But with each experience I have learned...and I have grown. Be patient...I know God is not finished with me yet. I am a work in progress...as we all are! Please feel free to share your thoughts with me...I want to learn from you.