The team consists of 6 members and many people and organizations who have contributed information, materials and resources for the project.
"Apple Blossom"
I've done personal development work for 27 years. I'm 45 now and I intend and
put into action the removing of any barriers to my growth. I'm human and I
realise I have breakdowns to get to deeper breakthroughs. My commitment to
myself and my life is to see a world of being responsible, fun-loving, powerful,
loving, connecting, relating, communicating effectively and harmoniously
resolving any differences. I believe like a child full of wonder, play and
curiosity anything is possible. My focus is to keep my vision values and mission
in life well and alive so to inspire others to take courage and follow their
dreams!
I am in this game of forgiveness to let go of any resentments hatred
recriminations hurt pain vindictiveness so to come from a heart space full of
love, acceptance and power! I wrote this game with the intention to allow others
willing (and sometimes unwilling) to experience miracles, happiness and joy
after forgiving six significant people in their life (who intentionally or
unintentionally have hurt them or they hurt them - particularly parents!) I
believe the world sets up wars, jealousies, hatred - all barriers to love and
acceptance out of incomplete past resentments. With the growing wars, divorces,
family splits, greed, hatred and prejudices, to me forgiveness is mandatory to
myself and others. Also I feel despair in our Western culture we do not allow
anger and sadness freely though responsibly expressed i.e. physical, sexual and
emotional abuse seem to show up as symptoms of this lack of self expression.
Perhaps when men in general let go their armour and soften their heart to cry
tears of hurt, pain and loss, then I believe we could be moving forward in
stead of belting themselves up and significant others i.e. wives, girlfriends,
mothers, children etc.
From doing the forgiveness work in this project, I have got peace, relief, love
and acceptance more of myself and others. I feel satisfied and proud to know I
can make a difference so to heal myself and the world through forgiveness. Yet
it is a constant practice with little cost - and yet a high cost if not released
i.e. cancer, sabotage of life etc.
Having created this game of forgiveness I have seen others on my team of 6 have
miracles occur with themselves (in making a stand for themselves in their life -
no compromise any more, and standing up for themselves i.e. requesting). The
impact has been inspiration, courage, fear of letting go, honesty with self, and
miraculous breakthroughs and results in their lives! Wow forgiving works - just
do it - if not for yourself - your children, partner, parents, colleagues,
stranger - the world is to heal! Impact this generation and those to come. One
person and one plus one persons make three can make a difference in this still
beautiful and abundant loving world planet - earth mother is coming home!
Peter
When "Apple Blossom" asked me to be on her team, I was initially reluctant
because of time commitments, yet was reluctant to say no to her request as I am
passionate about forgiveness and restorative justice.
I have worked for 35 years as an electronic technician, but am now more
interested in people. My experiences installing electronic equipment in prisons
and juvenile detention centres has taught me that the inmates are people, and I
have been appalled at the unnecessary waste of human life and resources caused
by locking so many people up in stead of finding more creative ways of dealing
with people who have been charged with committing an offence. I quickly let go
of my judgment of these people, while not condoning what I had heard that some
of the individuals had done.
Yet when I started working on this forgiveness I found I was really not so
forgiving. I was especially unforgiving of myself, though I found out I was also
judging others and their actions. I am now more enjoyable to be around since
doing forgiveness on six people, as well as trying out some forgiveness programs
reading about forgiveness. I have started writing and talking about forgiveness,
and particularly enjoy sharing about the joy and freedom that more forgiveness
is giving me in my life.
I love hearing people tell me that they will explore forgiveness, with a strong
intention to do it.
"Acorn"
Whilst practising various forgiveness exercises in a game I have been
playing about Love and Money, I had amazing breakthroughs in my self love.
I realized that there are some patterns in my life that I didn't want to
know about.
I had been hanging on to resentments and recriminations. The difference it
has made to just give these up shifted my energy incredibly. I stopped
making myself and others wrong in my mind for little things they had said or
done or didn't do or say, and since completing these exercises have a lot
more freedom and love for others and myself and am more fully self
expressed.
The presence of love felt in the process of doing some of the letters from
the forgiveness website, and other affirmations whilst playing this "Love
and Money" game have been profound and amazing.
I saw where I undervalued and invalidated, or lacked in trusting myself and
others. The process of forgiving myself and others has opened up incredible
new horizons in my relationships.
I was actually an automatic "make wrong machine" and I forgave myself for
being so "human - not perfect".
The impact of this on myself was that I was no fun to be around, very
significant before giving this up. The impact on others was that they were
not able to contribute to my personal development, my self satisfaction, or
my happiness.
The possibility I created for myself and my life is the possibility of fun,
love and peace and that is who I am.
The breakthroughs I wanted to have in my life - out of playing the game -
was in the area of money and relationships. I feel I have achieved a lot of
the peace and power in relationships I was seeking, by being more fully self
expressed.
I have been able to reorganise my finances, I am now being more responsible
for paying my bills on time, and am reorganizing my finances. By
negotiating with my bank to pay out some of my credit card debt (utilizing a
personal loan at a much cheaper interest rate), I feel a lot more powerful
and less pressure on what was the massive "how do you eat an elephant?"
task - having taken "one bite at a time" or the first step. Through
negotiating an investment in my life or settlement with my husband (after
about 7 1/2 years of not wanting to settle - mainly because I didn't trust
myself to invest "wisely"), I will be able to repay my debts within the next
three months.
I realized I had been making myself wrong because I didn't trust myself but
I can now give up that "story" or belief, and invest wisely after settling.
I forgave myself for whatever I was blaming my former partner and my husband
for when our relationships didn't "live happily ever after".
I can also say the people I have shared the forgiveness game with have also
had breakthroughs in their lives too, and would thoroughly recommend taking
it on in your life.
Love to you all, and thank you for re-enrolling me in my life to the people
who have been responsible for me and others to have breakthroughs I never
imagined possible by winning in the game of "Love and Money".
Betty
Please refer to www.forgivenessnews.com for
further information.
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