Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

Change Your Life
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It may be difficult for you to forgive at first. These words will be
hard for you. Many people have built their entire adult lives around
their grievances. They are afraid that they will have nothing else to
talk about if they stop complaining about their parents or their bad
marriages. But don’t worry.
When you forgive others and let them go, you soon begin to
feel lighter and happier. As the thoughts of anger and resentment
fade away, your mind will fill with positive thoughts. You will have
more energy and enthusiasm. You will feel stronger and more
confident. Your whole future will open up before you, like a sum-
mer sunrise.
Don’t worry about what your friends think or say when you de-
cide to forgive people who have hurt you. They are probably tired of
hearing your complaints about the unfortunate events of your past.
In fact, when you start forgiving, you will often find that the only
common bond between you and certain people is your gripe ses-
sions. When you decide to forgive others, you may no longer find
them very interesting to talk to.
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