Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Oct/Nov 2017 Aspire Mag Full Issue: Feminine Wisdo | Page 70

We have no CHOICE to go back and re-do what happened. However, we do have a CHOICE to release our insistence that the past SHOULD have been different. We can instead ACCEPT that the past could not have been any different than it actually was. YOUR TWO CHOICES: 1  Hold onto your insistence/hope that the past should have been different and stay STUCK in that forever. Forgiveness doesn’t happen BETWEEN two people. Forgiveness only happens within you! The moment you decide to give up the HOPE that the past could have been any different than it actually was, you are FREE! Many people get stuck by the FALSE belief that to forgive, you need to go to the other person and express “I forgive you”. You can do that, but that is not forgiveness, that is AMENDS. 2  Accept that the past could not be any Amends happens between two people. Forgiveness only happens within YOU. The power of FORGIVENESS is an amazing thing! All you must do to experience forgiveness and be free is to give up the hope that the past could have been any different than it actually was. Breathe. And be free. The Second Obstacle to Forgiveness The Third Obstacle to Forgiveness different than it actually was and begin to get unstuck. 2 3 So, by now, if you are willing to give up the hope that the past could have been any different than it actually was, and you recognize that forgiveness only happens within yourself, you may be considering embracing forgiveness in this moment… BUT, where would be the JUSTICE in that?! Which brings us to obstacle number three. The false belief that holding onto UNforgiveness creates JUSTICE. Often times, once someone accepts the fact that the past could not have been different, the next obstacle to overcome is the second misunderstanding about how forgiveness happens. 70 Unforgiveness doesn’t create justice… ever. That’s just not how justice works. The Universe delivers justice thro