The central characteristic of forgiveness is letting go of the hurt and the desire for personal vengeance – no longer basking in anger and thinking of ways of getting your own back.
This is the time of year when our TVs and magazines are full of sentimental adverts encouraging us to buy wonderful gifts for one another, delicious food and exotic drinks – with the implication that if we do, we are sure to have a happy Christmas. Of course, that is part of most people’s traditional […]
Continue Reading...What were you told about work when you were a kid? Chances are that the adults told you it was a hard fact of life that you had to work, that “playtime” had to be limited, and that if you worked hard you would get rewarded sometime in the future. They may even have laced […]
Even when our lives are going reasonably well, sometimes we can get so caught up in our day-to-day struggles that we find ourselves feeling a little blue. When this happens we can even start to lose sight of all the good things that we have and just focus on the one or two things […]