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FEBRUARY 11

FORGIVENESS

PHYSICAL BALANCE

“Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”

Mark Twain

The quality of my forgiveness has a direct impact on my physical balance. It is not just my forgiveness of others, but also my forgiveness of myself. The more I hold onto resentment, anger, or fear, the more it affects my own physical pain. My body holds onto things, often when I’m not even conscious of doing so. For this reason it’s important to work the Twelve Steps to uncover, discover, and recover those areas of my life that cause my pain, grief, anger, and resentment toward myself and others. Forgiveness is a process and not an event. It’s not a destination at which I arrive and all is well and forgotten. In reality, I may never forget, and in fact, remembering can and does drive me to work harder, to continue to work on my recovery. Remembering what has happened gives me wisdom. Forgiving brings me relief from my physical and emotional pain.

I understand and have forgiveness for myself and others, knowing that my level of forgiveness is related to the ability and fortitude with which I work my program of recovery; and that affects my health and level of pain.