Father Henri J. M. Nouwen’s Daily Meditation – Wednesday,
January 29, 2014 “Healing Our Memories”
Forgiving does not mean forgetting. When we forgive a person,
the memory of the wound might stay with us for a long time, even throughout our
lives. Sometimes we carry the memory in our bodies as a visible sign. But
forgiveness changes the way we remember. It converts the curse into a blessing.
When we forgive our parents for their divorce, our children for their lack of
attention, our friends for their unfaithfulness in crisis, our doctors for
their ill advice, we no longer have to experience ourselves as the victims of
events we had no control over.
Forgiveness allows us to claim our own power and not let these
events destroy us; it enables them to become events that deepen the wisdom of
our hearts. Forgiveness indeed heals memories.
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