Monday, September 21, 2009

Loving Kindness Meditation

If anyone has hurt me or harmed me knowingly or unknowingly in thought, word, or deed, I freely forgive them.

And I too ask forgiveness if I have hurt anyone or harmed anyone knowingly or unknowingly in thought, word, or deed.

- Theravada Buddhism

I rarely seem to have trouble forgiving those who are with me. Where I fall into the pit of judgment is when we're apart. What's the use of those poison replays? The challenge of practicing forgiveness for me is as much about what I don't think, as about what I think.

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