If there is one thing that I have learned after learning about forgiveness for a month is that it does not happen overnight. Forgiveness takes time. It is annoying but it is true. When I started this year, I fully planned on making no new year’s resolutions and just winging whatever comes. I eventually decided against that. Even with the resolutions I have made, it is still very difficult to let myself fail. And when I do, be empathetic with what I do feel. I recognize that what I want to do in my life won’t be easy. In fact, it is going to be hard. I know that I…
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How to Forgive Yourself in Six Easy Steps
New Year’s Resolutions can be hard to keep. People have the tendency to stop working on themselves as short as a month into the year. When it comes to breaking those resolutions, you need to forgive yourself and retry those goals for the year. Here are some easy steps to forgive yourself when you have broken those resolutions and what you can do to get back on the wagon. Acknowledge your mistakes Most professionals will tell you that admitting your mistakes and taking responsibility is the first step to any type of forgiveness. One way you may do this is by saying it out loud. By admitting them out loud,…
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The History of New Year’s Resolutions
The New Year’s resolution has had an interesting history. From what scholars are saying, it dates back to the time of the ancient Babalyonians almost 4,000 years ago. Instead of January being the beginning of their year, it was actually during March when they planted their crops. They held a big celebration and made promises to their Gods. They promised to repay their debts and return borrowed goods. If they had kept their promises throughout the year, the Gods would favor them and if not, they would lose their favor and the Gods would have wrath upon them. During this time they would also sustain their king or crown a…
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What Everyone Ought to Know About Second Chances
Back in my junior high years, there was a program called ZAP which means “zeros aren’t permitted”. When the program was first introduced, the school showed a video. This video gave off the impression to a, at the time, a 12-year-old girl that if you got any zeros in school that you would go to prison. This terrified me. I have never been a good student and I thought that something so little as a zero on an assignment meaning that I would go to prison was just something that was too realistic for me. Thankfully, going to prison over a zero was not a thing but back then I…
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Am I Committed to Change?
I remember the first time I lost a friend. She lived right down the street from me and even though she was weird, I remember her well. Her hair looked like mine. In the sun, it shined a bit blonde but the red can still be seen even on the brightest of days. Her teeth were a bit cooked like her personality, but she had the best imagination possible. We would make so many worlds in our heads. The sad part is that I don’t remember these stories, I just remember her. I remember her brother showing me what had been done with his teeth, I remember her basement where…
