metroMAG-22-23-LARGE-metroSPIRIT-MARY V-2.10_2 2/9/10 5:23 PM Page 23
metroMagazine • The Spirit of Omaha
by mary e. vandenack
The Spirit of Forgiveness Forgiveness blesses everything and surrounds us with grace. Forgiveness does not mean an absence of boundaries, standards and principles. Forgiveness does mean we overlook the errors of others in the sense of not holding things against them and throwing past “errors” back in their faces on a daily basis. An important part of forgiveness is recognizing that sometimes we are looking to the other person to accomplish something on our agenda. Forgiveness is releasing others from our agenda and letting them be who they are.
The Vibration of Self Love How you feel about yourself has a lot to do with how others feel about you. When we have a thoroughly good relationship with ourselves we run, jump, dance, and love, but there is nothing compulsive about it. We are okay with who we are, and we are okay with who others are. When we are in full appreciation of ourselves, we can respond with love and compassion in all instances. Self love creates the vibration of love in our lives. m
“The most wonderful of all things in life is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a growing depth, beauty and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a divine journey, and one of the most wonderful of all things in life.” –Sir Hugh Walpole