The gift
Yesterday, I received a gift. Or better, I experienced one.
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I am sitting on the couch, sketching, while listening to meditative music and Ho’oponopono* songs. Suddenly, I feel an openness in my heart space I haven’t experienced for years, - if ever. It feels like an energetic and emotional shift happening inside of me in that moment. Immediately, I feel so calm and peaceful and my heart is overflowing with love and compassion. While I observe this happening I wonder for a moment what is it that I am sensing. And then it hits me. Shortly after, I am in tears. Not from sadness but from a sense of gratefulness and recognition for the gift I have just received.
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What I experienced was the incredible gift of forgiveness.
The gift of letting go old hurts, resentment and pain. The gift of an open and forgiving heart. And I got to watch that happening in real time!
The timing was once again perfect - I don’t believe in coincidences anyway- as this internal shift was the catalyst for my reunion and reconciliation with someone very important to me on the same day. What was blocking me from re-connecting to and trusting them, has now suddenly been lifted. Just like that. In a matter of moments.
From further introspection, it was me honoring and accepting the hurt and pain and acting from a place of loving and honoring myself and my truth, the key that allowed that pain to be released.
This experience has literally changed the course of my life and I love how life keeps surprising me daily.
After all, it’s in those little -yet so precious- moments that life’s magic is being unfold.
I wish this gift of forgiveness to everyone from the depths of my heart!
*Ho’oponopono is a Hawaiian practice of forgiveness and reconciliation, primarily utilizing the mantra "I'm sorry, Please forgive me, Thank you, I love you." It's a way to acknowledge one's role in any disharmony and seek healing and transformation through self-compassion, self-love, and forgiveness.
