𝑼𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒆
When preparing to pitch my book to a producer I had to do so much research. Now you would think, didn't you do research before you put it out there? And the answer is "yes" and "no." Yes, I did research information to make some of the scenes more realistic and played around with the wording, but no, I did not think as far as what specifically I wanted people to gain from reading the book.
At my book signing, I shared how I published the book due to a promise I made to someone so not much thought was put into what I wanted to happen next. Being an author wasn't something I had on my bucket list so at the time I didn’t take it too seriously. However, one of the key areas that stood out the most is THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS! Without giving the book away, there's multiple scenes where forgiveness was challenging and so hard to overcome.
It makes me think back to when I was challenged with forgiving someone. Not too long ago, an ex after 17 years of not seeing each other took the opportunity to apologize to me for his wrongdoing in our past relationship. I remember telling him, "That was almost 20 years ago. All is forgiven." When I said it, I meant it. This man had been out of sight, out of mind and I moved on with my life and healed from our relationship many, many years ago.
A few days later my mind kept going back to our conversation and memories from the past started to bombard my mind. I found myself getting angry and triggered thinking about how things transpired. After a few days, I realized that I still had resentment in my heart that needed to be released. God then instructed me to go on a forgiveness journey. At the end of my journey, which didn't take too long I tested myself to see if I was really healed like I believed I was. The craziest thing happened; I started praying for this man. Not for my own gain, but for his marriage to be rekindled, his kids to prosper, his life to be blessed. I caught myself mid-prayer and was like, "Wow, I didn't expect to do that!" That's when I knew that I was fully healed. I even took my mind back to the trigger moments and felt nothing - no anger, no resentment, nothing. I realized that he gave me the apology I never knew I needed.
What I learned is God will not release you into your next until you truly forgive. For some of you, you are stuck between levels in life. Time will allow you to forget but can you say you are really healed? I thank God for the moment with my ex because as soon as I truly forgave him, it seems the next level was unlocked for me to move onto.
Today, tomorrow or sometime soon do yourself a favor and begin a forgiveness journey (whatever that looks like for you) to release yourself from any past hurt, trauma or wounds. Even if you don't get the apology like I did in my story, healing is still yours! And if you're on the other side and knowingly did someone wrong and living in guilt (or not), you know what needs to be done. Freedom is yours!
Until next time!
- Authoress J. Henry, XOXO
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