“He who is Devoid of the Power to Forgive is Devoid of … ” – Step 2

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Question :::…  How have you demonstrated forgiveness lately?

“He who
is devoid of
the power to for-
give, is devoid
of the power
to love.”

– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1928- 1968) Afro- American civil rights leader

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THEN WE MAINTAIN THIS LOVABILITY THRU FORGIVENESS –

“How better could
we learn that we our-
selves are eternally and
irrevocably  lovable than
by recognizing  that same
quality in everyone around
us?”  “This  is  what  for-
giveness is all about.”
(Al Anon, pp. 85-86)

“He who
is devoid of
the power to for-
give, is devoid
of the power
to love.”

– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1928- 1968) Afro- American civil rights leader

Forgiveness

by George William Russell

My heart was heavy, for its trust had been
Abused, its kindness answered with foul wrong;
So, turning gloomily from my fellow-men,
One summer Sabbath day I strolled among
The green mounds of the village burial-place;
Where, pondering how all human love and hate
Find one sad level; and how, soon or late,
Wronged and wrongdoer, each with meekened face,
And cold hands folded over a still heart,
Pass the green threshold of our common grave,
Whither all footsteps tend, whence none depart,
Awed for myself, and pitying my race,
Our common sorrow, like a mighty wave,
Swept all my pride away, and trembling I forgave!

 

 

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Comments

6 responses to ““He who is Devoid of the Power to Forgive is Devoid of … ” – Step 2”

  1. Eli🌱 Avatar
    Eli🌱

    Forgiveness is selfish, anyway. It does not mean that relationships can become the way they used to be- that’s just regression. In civil rights movements and on a personal level, forgiveness is neighbors with acceptance. It allows folks to focus on both their current situation and how they got there.

  2. Elexi W.S.A. Avatar

    Being forgiving is something that sometimes is hard for me depending the matter. When I was assaulted and threatened to be killed on some occasions, is something I don’t think I could forever forgive. Those people are at least no longer around me, and I would not want anything to do with anyone that psychotic unless they all were the prisoner and I was the guard. Other things that I might not agree upon but that are more innocent in nature I can forgive. When someone or groups of people fully repent or change their ways I can then be more forgiving then too.

  3. E-dawg Avatar
    E-dawg

    My higher power tells me that if I cannot forgive my sins will not be forgiven… when somebody does me wrong at some point I need to forgive them depending on the situation of course… and if it’s the other way around I need to do a 10th step… but sometimes it’s not done promptly… as far as the question goes I don’t manipulate people… I shoot straight from the hip…

  4. Sabrina J Avatar
    Sabrina J

    Forgiveness sets the prisoner free, with the understanding that the prison is me.

    The first time I heard that, I do not recall being happy about it. The audacity that not forgiving someone that had harmed me had made me a prisoner? That is a double cut to oneself. After my initial reaction, with some prayer and meditating on the words and their meaning, it became clear that this was simply wisdom I had not been prepared for.

    When I forgive, I let that burden go, no longer carrying its weight and freeing myself from the need to be imprisoned by past wrongs.

    I forgive you, I forgive myself, and I choose Love.

  5. JB jr. Avatar
    JB jr.

    I think its natural to feel unable to forgive family. These relationships help form the core of who we are. In a sense, part of what I resent are the failings I see in myself that I don’t want to admit. Family just happens to be ones where these failings show up time after time. Its a lack of humility on my part that I find hard to address.

  6. Margot E. Avatar
    Margot E.

    If I cannot forgive, I cannot love. Interesting. The inability to forgive is strongest with family members who I think have “done me wrong.” I feel they were closest to me – I loved them – and yet they betrayed me. They were simply being who they are. I have learned to pray for them; I have learned to love them just as they are – and I hope they have learned to forgive me, too. Nobody’s hands are clean. The best we can do is wash them in the sweet water of forgiveness.

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