Heart💖of Healing: Forgiveness as a Path to Freedom
- Upan Lifton
- 3 days ago
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A post from The Heart of Healing series
Forgiveness is often misunderstood.
We think it means approving of what happened…Letting someone off the hook…Pretending we’re no longer hurt.
But real forgiveness is none of those things.
Real forgiveness is a form of freedom.
Not for them for you.
It’s how we stop drinking the poison.
How we stop letting pain echo through the chambers of our heart.
How we begin again—lighter.
🌿Forgiveness Isn’t About the Other Person
It may begin with a person, a memory, or even your younger self.
But the true gift of forgiveness is this:It cuts the cord to what’s still binding you.
Forgiveness doesn’t mean forgetting.
It means releasing.It means reclaiming your peace.
Even if the apology never comes.
Even if the pain still pulses.
Even if it was never fair.
💫Self-Forgiveness Is the Deepest Medicine
Sometimes the person you need to forgive… is you.
For not knowing better.
For trying to survive the only way you could.
For carrying guilt or shame that was never truly yours.
Forgiveness says:“I don’t have to punish myself to heal.”
“I choose to love myself forward.”
✨A Practice for Forgiveness
Sit quietly with one hand on your heart.
Bring someone—or something—to mind that still causes tension or pain.
Silently repeat:“I release the hold this has on me.”
“I free myself to feel peace again.”
If tears come, let them. If resistance arises, bless it.
Close by saying: “I am worthy of peace.”
🕊 A Reminder for the Journey
Forgiveness is not a one-time event.
It’s a softening. A loosening.
A gentle untying of knots.
Sometimes we forgive in layers, in cycles, in whispers.
And that’s okay.
Each moment of release makes room for freedom.
And each step you take toward freedom… is healing.
🌱 Reflection Prompt
What burden are you ready to lay down through forgiveness—of self, of another, or of life itself?
You are allowed to be free. Even from what hurt you. Especially from what hurt you.
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