I've made it to my session 9.

Congratulations! I hope to be there in 9 weeks too!! Keep it up
Maria

I would love to have a buddy thats on the same session. Anyone out there on session 9?

I just started my forgiveness list. I created one page for the things I need to forgive others for and then a page that I need to forgive myself for. The page that I need to forgive myself for is filling up really fast It's anxiety inducing, to say the least. Is this really helpful? Anyone? pinkee

I would really love to hear from some program vets or the moderator for this forum.....

When doing my forgiveness list, am I suppose to contact these people? How do I forgive if I am still angry?

I don't have panic attacks anymore. I do still feel anxious and have very uncomfortable moments daily. Shouldn't I be feeling better by now? I mean, what I wouldn't give to have a happy moment. When does that happen? pinkee

Gosh, where is everyone?

Baked Pears, Carolyn, program vets???????

I am finally starting to wrap my brain around the fact that forgiveness is a gift that we give to ourselves. I am not sure how to go about the "ACT" of forgiveness, but, the message sure is clearer. pinkee

Hello Pinkee!!

Well i think that no one has seen your message, any one that is a vet on this. But im on my second week, and i just wanted to say that forgiving some one that made you angry is hard, but is it worth it to feel this way all of our lives?? thats one of the reasons we feel anxious. When we dont forgive the harm is to our selfs. Since we are learning that this bad feeling hurt us, why have them? If those people hurt you then, by not forgiving now you are hurting your self.

Have a great day.!!

Thanks, MIM, another realization. I was confused between forgiveness and people pleasing. My thing was "I am not going to let them get away with xxxxxx" I was deciding to not let go of it as some way of having control. Does this make sense to anyone?

Understanding the freedom in forgiveness much better today and I've decided to really work on my forgiveness list and start letting go.

The other awesome tool that I'm loving is "Worry versus problem solving" As suggested in the homework, I've been writing down 3 of my biggest worries of the day and then writing out what I plan to DO about it the next day in order to find a solution.

I just began reading "The Secret of Letting Go" by Guy Finley, good so far. Pinkee

Ok, I am going to wrap it up in session 9 today.....session 10, here I come! pinkee