Authors: Iyanla Vanzant

Forgiveness (39 page)

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OVINGKINDNESS, AND
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DAY 19
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T
ODAY
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ASK FOR AND
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LAIM
F
ORGIVENESS FOR
M
YSELF

F
ORGIVENESS
L
ETTER 1

Dear:

I now ask for and claim your forgiveness for every unkind, unloving thought I have held about or against you.

I forgive myself for judging you for

I forgive myself for judging you when

I forgive myself for judging you because

I forgive myself for judging you as

I now ask for and claim your forgiveness for judging you about

I now ask for and claim your forgiveness for judging you when

I now ask for and claim your forgiveness for judging you because

I now ask for and claim your forgiveness for judging you as

I forgive any and all judgments you have held about me or against me. All is clear between us now. We are both free to live our lives as divine expressions of our Creator. I bless you, and I release you. I bless myself, and I claim my freedom.

And So It Is!

Signature Date

N
ot to forgive is to be imprisoned by the past, by old grievances that do not permit life to proceed with new business. Not to forgive is to yield oneself to another’s control. … to be locked into a sequence of act and response, of outrage and revenge, tit for tat, escalating always. The present is endlessly overwhelmed and devoured by the past. Forgiveness frees the forgiver. It extracts the forgiver from someone else’s nightmare.”