Forgiveness transforms the giver and the receiver. It requires atonement and amends, but also a heart open enough to let someone else back in. It makes new things possible by making relationship possible.
How do you need to seek forgiveness? How can you offer it?
Sometimes, we are held back from possibility by memories of past disappointment. In order to protect our vulnerable hearts from being hurt again, we stick to the things that are safe.
What past disappointments do you need to let go of in order to try something new?
As Hindus all over the world light diyas and lanterns in their homes and set blazing fireworks in the air to signal welcome to Lakshmi, goddess of abundance and prosperity, at Diwali, we are invited to let our own light shine. Each of us has a spark of the divine within us that needs to be uncovered for the world.
How do you let the spark of the divine within you show to the world?
Comparing us to dandelions, Rev. Theresa Soto writes, “You are no less resilient, reaching/both down to the strength that holds you,/and up, up to the light, out with your beauty.”
-Theresa I. Soto, “Taraxacum”
How are you resilient? How do you root yourself deeply and persist in growing?
Allowing ourselves to be human involves allowing ourselves to make mistakes. To practice abundant grace and understand that we will not ever be perfect.
How do you forgive yourself for past mistakes?
