Freedom, Love and Forgiveness

Are you grateful?
I am...
Grateful for the experiences in my life
that lead me to a path of freedom.
Freedom from carrying the pain of others.
Freedom from being a victim or needing to victimize others because of my pain.
Grateful for the lessons in my life that have taught me that love and forgiveness are the path to freedom.
Understanding that when someone speaks poorly of someone,
they are really speaking of themselves and have not
relieved themselves from the bondage of self.
We are our greatest challenge.
Our minds, our thoughts can keep us trapped,
or, if we do the work, free us from ourselves.
I am grateful,
Grateful that I understand and own my own behavior.
That gives me the freedom from having to blame others for
things that have not gone my way in life.
Just think of the impact our example would have on our children.
The sense of freedom it may give them.  Or the example it will provide them for their future.
In laymen's terms, suck it up for our children!  Get over yourself, climb out of that bottle or
the old thinking and be a grateful human being.
Things go the way they are supposed to.
There is always a lesson.....
LEARN IT! 
and you will live more open. more free and with passion for life and
the freedom of self for others!
Love and Forgiveness = Freedom