Thank You for the Experience Is Indeed True Forgiveness!

Nadjejda Chapoteau Aha Moments, Forgiveness, Lessons Learned 2 Comments

This famous quote from Oprah Winfrey on Forgiveness, “True forgiveness is when you can say, thank you for that experience.” never really resonated with me. I didn’t deny it but it just hadn’t been my experience until I starting digging deep in my forgiveness journey. What led me to this is seeing every experience as a gift. Not easy, I …

Why Is Forgiveness Important?

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Forgiveness is important to living the life you truly desire. I’ve always been an easy going kind of person and thought forgiveness wasn’t hard for me until I got older and life got more complicated. I hadn’t realized how much resentment and grudges I was holding against people especially myself. Through my spiritual practice I became more aware and learned …

Are You “Shoulding” On Yourself”?

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How often during the day do you notice that you’re shoulding on yourself? The word “should” is a word I believe needs to be banned from our vocabulary. I didn’t always feel this way until over a year ago. I can’t recall exactly what happened and who I was talking to when I realized the impact it has on me …

How Do People Make You Feel?

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I wasn’t sure what I wanted to write about this week as it’s very important for me that I feel what I write. Then I realized I wanted to share with you something I really got recently. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made …

I’ve Deepen My Spiritual Practice but….

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“I’ve deepen my spiritual practice but why isn’t everything rosy???” You may have thought that once you’d deepen your spiritual practice, it would be smooth sailing from then on and you’re now realizing that it isn’t the case. Actually, you may feel like things have gotten worse and thinking this isn’t what you expected. I know the feeling; I’ve been …