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Now I want you to go back and reflect on any positive benefits you may have experienced because of these experiences, interactions, and circumstances. Sometimes this is very hard to do; the whole experience has become clouded with negativity. But I urge you to try it. This is a very important step in the forgiveness process.

While you are doing that, it would be helpful to contemplate some affirmations. Affirmations are the second set of exercises that you will be using in this book to help you forgive. Affirmations are powerful beliefs with powerful energy connected to them. I encourage you to contemplate, learn, and practice the affirmations in this book in a consistent way. Here is one way I recommend.

Write each affirmation down on a 3 × 5 card and contemplate the cards for a few minutes four to five times each day, beginning in the morning and ending in the evening before sleep. Save these cards. The affirmations in the book can, in themselves, catalyze a great deal of change. When used along with the other exercises, they will be even more powerful. You might want to make up several cards, and, to help you remember and repeat them, post them on your bathroom mirror, on your refrigerator, on the dashboard of your car, or in another convenient place. Throughout the day, repeat them whenever you experience a challenge or grievance.