Forgiveness

As we count down the final days of 2011, I have been thinking how nice it would be to start the new year from a place of total forgiveness.  I’ve been holding onto the quote below for some time and believe now is a powerful time in which we, collectively, have the opportunity to unburden ourselves of past hurts, mistakes and regrets.  It would make us all a little lighter and free up space for each of us to experience the best of the year to come.

       Temple of Forgiveness, Burning Man 2007

“The choice to follow love through to its completion is the choice to seek completion within ourselves.  The point at which we shut down on others is the point at which we shut down on life.  We heal as we heal others, and we heal others by extending our perceptions past their weaknesses. Until we have seen someone’s darkness, we don’t really know who that person is. Until we have forgiven someone’s darkness, we don’t really know what love is. Forgiving others is the only way to forgive ourselves, and forgiveness is our greatest need.”

– Marianne Williamson