The Ideal Person

What is forgiveness ?

• Forgiveness is a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person or group .

•Some define it ss giving up my right to hurt you, for hurting

What are the benefits of forgiving someone?

• Healthier relationships

• Improved mental health

• Less anxiety, stress and hostility

• Lower blood pressure

• Fewer symptoms of depression

• A stronger immune system

• Improved heart health

• Improved self-esteem

What are the effects of holding a grudge?

• Bring anger and bitterness into every relationship and new experience

• Feel that your life lacks meaning or purpose

• Become depressed or anxious

How do I reach a state of forgiveness?

•    Recognize the value of forgiveness and how it can improve your life

• Acknowledge your emotions about the harm done to you and how they affect your behavior, and work to release them

• Choose to forgive the person who’s offended you

What if the person I’m forgiving doesn’t change?

Getting another person to change his or her actions, behavior or words isn’t the point of forgiveness. Think of forgiveness more about how it can change your life — by bringing you peace and happiness,

Stories

Forgiveness
Two friends were walking through desert . At some point in the journey , they had an argument . One of them slapped the other in the face . The one who got slapped was hurt , but said nothing . Instead , he wrote in the sand :
” Today , my best fiend slapped me in my  face . ”
They kept walking until they found an oasis , where they decided to take a bath . The one who had been slapped , got stuck in the mire and started drowning . But his friend saved him . After the friend recovered from near drowning , he wrote on a stone :
” Today my bestfiend saved my life . ”
The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him :
” After I hurt you , you wrote in the sand . And now you write on a stone . Why ? ”
The other friend replied :
” When someone hurts us , we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away . But when someone done something good for us , we must engrave it in the stone where no wind can ever erase it . ”
THEME :   ” Forgive Wrongs EasiLy But Remember Good Deeds Done “