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Episode 334: The Freedom in Forgiveness · Positively 365: Inspire, Motivate, Support

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Positively three hundred and sixty five, a podcast
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  Speaker 1: by Joe wattis we wish to entertain, instruct and motivate.
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  Speaker 3: A man walks into a bakery and sees a sign
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  Speaker 3: and says to the baker, I'll take a dozen. The
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  Speaker 3: baker nods, fills the bag and hands it over. The
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  Speaker 3: man opens it, frowns and says, wait, there are twelve
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  Speaker 3: cookies here. The baker says, right, you asked for a dozen.
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  Speaker 3: The man replies yes, but when you buy one, you
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  Speaker 3: get one free. That's the deal. It should be twenty four.
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  Speaker 3: The baker chuckles and says, sir, if you buy one,
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  Speaker 3: you get one free. You bought six, I gave you
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  Speaker 3: six for free. That's twelve. The man stares blankly for
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  Speaker 3: a moment, and then nods and says, well, that's fair,
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  Speaker 3: but I'm still mad because Matth has betrayed me once again.
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  Speaker 3: Welcome to Positively three sixty five, The Weekly podcast that
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  Speaker 3: of the podcast, Joe Wattis, and I'm so glad you're here.
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  Speaker 3: Today's topic might feel heavy, but it's one that is
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  Speaker 3: the most liberating tools for a positive life forgiveness. Forgiveness
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  Speaker 3: isn't about forgetting. It's not about excusing what hurts you.
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  Speaker 3: It's about choosing peace over poison and freeing yourself from
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  Speaker 3: what you no longer want to carry. That is an
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  Speaker 3: important lesson and tool for a positive life. We will
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  Speaker 3: talk about it in a moment, but first we have
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  Speaker 3: our trivia question of the day. Are you ready for it?
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  Speaker 3: Here it is which major world religion emphasizes the concept
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  Speaker 3: of letting go of anger as a path to enlightenment
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  Speaker 3: and peace. We will have the answer when we come back.
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  Speaker 3: for listening and happy reading. Welcome back. Do you know
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  Speaker 3: the answer to this week's trivia question? The question was
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  Speaker 3: which major world religion emphasizes the concept of letting go
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  Speaker 3: of anger as a path to enlightenment and peace. The
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  Speaker 3: answer Buddhism. In Buddhism, forgiveness is seen as essential for
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  Speaker 3: personal liberation. Holding on to anger and resentment is described
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  Speaker 3: as drinking poison and expecting the other person to suffer.
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  Speaker 3: Through mindfulness and compassion, Buddhists believe that they can let
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  Speaker 3: go of harmful emotions, not to condone the wrongdoing, but
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  Speaker 3: to end their own suffering. That idea has deep roots
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  Speaker 3: across many cultures and faiths, but in Buddhism it's a
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  Speaker 3: clear path toward peace of mind. Now you know, forgiveness
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  Speaker 3: is often misunderstood as a gift you give someone else,
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  Speaker 3: but really it's a gift you give yourself. When we
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  Speaker 3: hold on to resentment or bitterness, it doesn't protect us.
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  Speaker 3: It weighs us down. It keeps the pain alive and
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  Speaker 3: makes it harder to move forward. Forgiveness doesn't say what
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  Speaker 3: happened was okay. It says I'm no longer going to
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  Speaker 3: let what happened control me. The hardest person to forgive
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  Speaker 3: is yourself, for the mistakes you made, for the image
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  Speaker 3: you or the things that you wish you had done differently.
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  Speaker 3: But holding on to shame doesn't make you better. Learning
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  Speaker 3: from it and releasing it does. Forgiveness is a kind
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  Speaker 3: of inner freedom. It clears space for peace, love and growth.
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  Speaker 3: And the beautiful part, you don't need permission from anyone
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  Speaker 3: else to do it. It's your decision, your power, your healing.
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  Speaker 3: Let me leave you today with this real life story.
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  Speaker 3: In South Africa. After the end of apartheid, the country
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  Speaker 3: launched the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Instead of simply punishing
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  Speaker 3: every offense, they offered victims a chance to tell their stories,
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  Speaker 3: and perpetrators a chance to confess, sometimes even face to face.
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  Speaker 3: Many chose forgiveness not because they weren't hurt, but because
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  Speaker 3: they didn't want to stay chained to the pain. One
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  Speaker 3: mother whose son has been killed told her son's murderer,
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  Speaker 3: what you've taken can't be returned, But I forgive you
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  Speaker 3: because I refuse to let hate steal the rest of
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  Speaker 3: my life. That's not weakness, that's strength. So today ask yourself,
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  Speaker 3: what am I still carrying that I don't need anymore?
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  Speaker 3: And then ask what would it feel like to set
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  Speaker 3: that down? Forgive not because they deserve it, they may not,
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  Speaker 3: but because you deserve it. Thanks for spending a few
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  Speaker 3: moments with me here today on Positively three sixty five.
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  Speaker 3: Be gentle with others, Be gentle with yourself.
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  Speaker 1: until next time, stay positive today and every day, three
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