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Forgive and Succeed in Life
by Walter E. Jacobson · Filed Under: Happiness · Inspiration · Motivation · Personal Development · Positive Psychology · Spirituality · Success · forgiveness · increasing self esteem · self-help
Really cool spreecast I recorded with Dr. Aymee Coget. We talked about forgiveness, happiness, success, belief systems, ego, Forgive To Win! It’s about 35 minutes long but the time flies by. A lot of good information and passion. Check it out! Share it with a friend.
Forgive and Succeed in Life – How to be Happy with Dr Aymee
In the last part of the interview with Dr. Coget, she said that it’s up to us to decide what we put into our minds. That reminds me of what Stephen Covey talks about in his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People when he talks about discovering the phrase that “there is a space between stimulus and response,” and that is where WE decide what happens in our lives, where it goes, what we experience, and IT’S ALL UP TO US…NO ONE ELSE. IT’S ALL OUR CHOICE OF HOW WE’RE GOING TO RESPOND and what happens to us in our lives.
We are where we are because of our past choices and actions. It’s much easier, I guess, to “be a victim,” but it doesn’t get us what we ultimately want…joy, peace and happiness.
I am getting better, a little at a time, at remembering that when I respond to a stimulus with a loving, forgiving response that is what I am giving to myself and that is what I am receiving in return. I am learning NOT to respond our of reflex thinking but with forethought of what my response will actually do in the situation. Stephen Covey says that the more you think in this manner, “the longer the space becomes,” the longer the space becomes…appears to be, I think. I believe that is because you realize it’s there, you actually look for it because you know that is where you have choice.
It’s like Dr. Jacobson said in the interview…we forgive because it makes us happy and gives us peace of mind. I still goof up, but I realize it’s me goofing up; I don’t beat myself up over my mistake. When something like that comes up again, I decide to “choose once again” in another way, in a loving/forgiving way, a way that will end up giving me peace and happiness.
well said, bob. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. thanks for being a role model or rightmindedness.