Learning New Things

This may sound strange coming from a Christian, but I would like to be able to learn "how to forgive, let go and move on." I know that's three things, but they kind of go together.
 
Perhaps this will help, Oldman.

I once heard a priest give a homily to a group of 15 year old girls and I don't know if they absorbed it, but it hit me hard between the eyes.

He said that when we are born we have our fists tightly closed but when we die, we die with our hands open. He then said that life is a continuous process of learning to open our fists and of letting go of the things that are unimportant. In the end, all we have left to hold onto is God.

I thought this to be a powerful metaphor and I thought about all the things we must let go because we have no choice - youth and beauty, parents and other loved ones who pass away and dreams that will never be realised. I also thought about the things we hang onto out of our stubbornness. In my case I had a tendency to hold grudges as if they were nuggets of gold. The only way we can let go of hurts, slights and wrongs that we experience is to mentally lay them aside. Visualise this, or if it works better for you, perform an act of contrition. This is what forgiveness is, the lightening of the backpack we carry on life's journey. We feel so much better when we do. We still remember but memories are nowhere near as heavy as grudges.

I have forgiven my grandmother. Posthumously. I am at peace.
 

Not too worry, I will try and give you plenty to forgive me for so can feel good forgiving me...
 
"He said that when we are born we have our fists tightly closed but when we die, we die with our hands open. "

Never thought of it that way guess I will not be able to clench my money when I go.
 
I would like to be able to sit down at anyones piano [we don't have one any more] and play something really well. This would be entirely do-able if I put my mind to it, but as I am incredibly and incurably lazy, it's never going to happen.
 
I always wanted to learn how to sing. There were two obstacles. 1. I can't remember lyrics, and 2. When I was five I had my tonsils removed ,and found out I was allergic to ether, and while up chucking, I stripped out my throat, and they had to repair my vocal cords. Now I have a very soft deep voice.
 
Davey Jones said:
"He said that when we are born we have our fists tightly closed but when we die, we die with our hands open. "

Never thought of it that way guess I will not be able to clench my money when I go.
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You got that right.
And my dear old mum always said, "There are no pockets in shrouds", so you'd better spend it or give it away before you go.
 
Warri, I started giving any of my things to family members when my seizures started to get worse. I like seeing the pride in their faces when they receive something that I know they didn't expect to get. :wave:
 

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