I recently heard Oprah stating the above quote, and it resonated in that place within me that says, "Ah ha. That is the key to what I have been seeking." Little did I know that even though she practically said it in that statement, forgiveness could be the gateway to moving through grief. Or, maybe it was the resistance to forgive that brought me to the gate and the willingness to allow Oprah's statement to work through me moment by moment that opened the gate.
Sitting with the statement, patiently a clear path began to unfold before me. When I say patiently, I mean being with it moment by moment even when it feels like I am getting nowhere. I mean after sitting with it in the quiet I got up and continued on with my day. I mean having the faith that what looks like no understanding, no progress on the outside doesn't mean it isn't "working." I could feel that it was hitting on a place within me. I didn't understand. I couldn't put it into words, but I was willing to wait.
After waiting with it a couple of days and many tears from my core I began to feel the lightness, the freedom we so often hear we receive through the process of forgiveness. I felt like a secret had been revealed to me. So many times I had been willing to forgive but felt it had alluded me. In this experience I had learned that by opening up to it and allowing the process to move through me on faith,
the forgiveness had come to me and yes it truly gave me the feeling of being set free.
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