I heard this quote yesterday, and it really struck me. I think it is beautiful and I can relate to it in so many ways. Seriously, read it, let it sink in. Isn't it beautiful? A lot of times it's hard not to point the finger and blame someone else for everything that is going wrong in your life, or just going wrong in general. In fact, I know some people like this. But to go through life and not take responsibility for things that may not go as planned, will leave you with a life less than perfect. If we realize that "taking responsibility" for things isn't always an admission of fault - then life would be much more like a bowl of cherries. I blame you for nothing and forgive you for everything. This is what you call unconditional love in a life that does not always make you feel like loving. To automatically forgive whatever has gone wrong in your life is living in a world with more meaning, more beauty, and more hope than you could imagine. I don't think any of us could list all the slip-ups we have in one day, and I can't list the number of times in my life to have been forgiven by God either. But I CAN list how many times God has blamed me. Zero. And I am not saying that this quote says to let yourself be walked upon. The difference between the two is Understanding. Understanding what life is about. And I have just begun to realize that. My life is about God's plan. I may have my "own" plan, but in the end, I know that His is the right one. Whether it's to have my own children or to not have my own children. All I know for sure now, is that I have to go with flow and just understand His plan - because it's a good one and I'm sure of that. Also here lately, or well even over the past few years I have beat myself up over relationships that I thought I could control. Like, "Maybe if I would have done this, or maybe if I would have done that" things would be better or perhaps even just different. Now I know that all the while these relationships were just full of blaming and no forgiving. Not even on the first layer, but deep inside, a lot of these relationships were based on that. It worries me that for some, relationships will always be based on this. And well, I realize now that there is nothing I can do about that. I blame you for nothing and forgive you for everything.
