EP 523: Moment-to-Moment Forgiveness

In so many aspects of our lives, we tend to think of the completion of a process from which we move on. When we ‘learn’ something, for example, we feel like the process of learning is done and we can move on to the next thing. And this is something, I think, people associate with mindfulness and meditation as well. But even though there is a terminal point to learning about mindfulness - we have learned the practices, so we’re done, right? - there is also an aspect of ongoing practice that is very important to understand and embrace. Just as life is a moment-to-moment experience, our practice becomes an effortless moment-to-moment course correction. In today’s episode, I explain this in detail: And I also talk about how this concept applies to forgiveness! Because, like the example above, there is an intuitive feeling that forgiveness is like learning: once we’ve forgiven someone, they stay forgiven. And while this may work at some levels of forgiveness, it most certainly does not work at all levels of forgiveness. Consider this: someone who cuts in front of us in traffic needs only to be forgiven once because we’ll probably never even see them again. But what about a more significant figure in our lives? Like a parent? Or a child? Or a spouse or a friend? Forgiving these people will take more effort; will take more practice. I have found it very helpful to consider forgiveness as this kind of moment-to-moment course correction. And I hope you find it helpful, too. If you would like to talk more about how to cultivate this moment-to-moment forgiveness, so that you can live a life of ease and happiness, please click this link to claim the coaching session that is already reserved for you: https://calendly.com/artburns/45-min-coaching-session