The Four Acts of Forgiveness - Brian Tracy — Transcript

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1. 0:00through there's four people that you
2. 0:01have to forgive. Number one is forgive
3. 0:04your parents.
4. 0:06Forgive your parents for everything that
5. 0:07they've ever done that hurt you. Most of
6. 0:09our research shows that almost all of
7. 0:11our adult problems trace back [music] to
8. 0:13being unwilling or unable to forgive our
9. 0:15parents something that they did that
10. 0:17hurt us. [music] Forgive them 100%.
11. 0:19Write to them, telephone them, tell
12. 0:21them, [music] or at the very least
13. 0:23forgive them in your heart. But forgive
14. 0:25your parents. Number two is forgive
15. 0:28others. [music] Forgive everyone else.
16. 0:30Forgive everyone who has ever hurt you
17. 0:33in any way for anything. Just let it go.
18. 0:36Now, some people say, "Well, I can't
19. 0:37forgive that person because what a
20. 0:38terrible thing they did to me." [music]
21. 0:40Remember this that forgiveness is
22. 0:42perfectly selfish. For forgiveness has
23. 0:45nothing whatever to [music] do
24. 0:47with the other person. It has only to do
25. 0:49with your peace of mind and with your
26. 0:51assuring your own mental integrity.
27. 0:54Number three, [music] forgive yourself.
28. 0:56Forgive yourself for every wicked,
29. 0:57senseless, brainless, foolish, stupid
30. 1:00thing you ever did. Because every single
31. 1:02person has done wicked, senseless,
32. 1:03brainless, foolish, ridiculous things.
33. 1:05But forgive yourself 100%. And finally,
34. 1:09the [music] last part of this is if you
35. 1:11have done something to hurt someone
36. 1:13else, go and apologize.
37. 1:17It's amazing how many lives are ruined
38. 1:20year after year by people who do not
39. 1:22have the intestinal [music]
40. 1:23fortitude, the guts, the courage to go
41. 1:25and say, "I'm sorry.