The Forgiveness Formula
by Kathleen Griffin
The Forgiveness Formula was a life changing book for me. As is true for most self-help books, you only choose to read it if you are either at the end of your rope or actively wanting to change. This book is extremely heavy, despite the feather—or dandelion—on the cover. It takes weeks, if not months, to go through the exercises, and should new issues develop, you can come back and start all over again.
Basically, the book helps you learn how to forgive, why you should, and why you haven’t been able to up until now. Those are three very difficult, emotional lessons, and as Kathleen Griffin shares her harrowing story, readers can feel comfortable enough to start to tear down their walls. Griffin doesn’t walk you through how to confront someone; instead, this is an internal journey. True forgiveness doesn’t mean you got a rant off your chest or made someone feel as bad as they’ve made you feel in the past. And it doesn’t mean that whatever happened to you was okay, which Griffin stresses often. Even if the person who wronged you is now out of your life, or even deceased, you can still take active steps to forgive them and start a new chapter of your life.
For those with issues of anger, guilt, shame, or justice, this book can help you. You have to be in the right mindset, though. All of the lessons are painful, and some of them you won’t agree with. Open your mind and trust, and your heart will follow.
Basically, the book helps you learn how to forgive, why you should, and why you haven’t been able to up until now. Those are three very difficult, emotional lessons, and as Kathleen Griffin shares her harrowing story, readers can feel comfortable enough to start to tear down their walls. Griffin doesn’t walk you through how to confront someone; instead, this is an internal journey. True forgiveness doesn’t mean you got a rant off your chest or made someone feel as bad as they’ve made you feel in the past. And it doesn’t mean that whatever happened to you was okay, which Griffin stresses often. Even if the person who wronged you is now out of your life, or even deceased, you can still take active steps to forgive them and start a new chapter of your life.
For those with issues of anger, guilt, shame, or justice, this book can help you. You have to be in the right mindset, though. All of the lessons are painful, and some of them you won’t agree with. Open your mind and trust, and your heart will follow.