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I kind of made peace with a family member tonight. I had some minor issues with my aunt and have not spoken to her in 5 years. My mom has been keeping me up to date with her health because it's been slowly going down hill since 2008. I found out tonight she was in the hospital with serious health issues and decided to let my past issues with her go. I called her up and she was so glad to hear from me. We talked for 15 minutes and I felt very good about this. She is also my godmother and it meant so much to my mom that I made the call. I have been wanting to call her for a year now but I did not want to rehash the past. Even if I don't like someone or their actions or choose not to speak to them I certainly don't wish them to be Ill or near death.There's very little family left on my mom's side and I needed closure. So for me making that call was the right thing to do.
Sometimes the best we can do is make peace with the fact that some family members will never be satisfied no matter how hard you try to please them.
Make peace with your family? Only if you mean making peace with yourself first, then trying to do what is right by your standards. If you mean trying to suck up to your family and beg their forgiveness for your flaws, I guess it depends on whether or not your flaws or sins are imagined on their part, or if they are negative things that you truly did do.
If you were considering going away permanently, would you want to make peace with all of those who either wronged you, or those whom you just fell out with? Even if you weren't going to be around, would you at least want to put it to rest and say "no hard feelings", even by letter or email, no matter how much it might go against your grain of thought?
To forgive someone is a gift you give to yourself. Remember The Lord's Prayer: "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against us". Think about it. . . Do you REALLY want the Lord to forgive you as you forgive others? Might want to beef up on that Forgiveness task.
If you were considering going away permanently, would you want to make peace with all of those who either wronged you, or those whom you just fell out with? Even if you weren't going to be around, would you at least want to put it to rest and say "no hard feelings", even by letter or email, no matter how much it might go against your grain of thought?
If you were to go away permanently?
Hell yeah - wave and smile, wave and smile)))
Heh. The "me" they thought they knew has most definitely gone away permanently.
Those who truly love you, will always love you. Those who didn't love you before are not going to start loving you later, so why bother thinking about them, right?
Love and accept yourself. Unconditionally. God made you this way and he doesn't make mistakes. There is a reason why you have to undergo a transformation.
And I think this reason is personal growth.
So go ahead butterfly, come out of your cocoon
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