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

36
CHANGE YOUR THINKING, CHANGE YOUR LIFE
➤
ccc_tracy_2_18-39.qxd  6/23/03  2:46 PM  Page 36

---

feel badly about it, you can go to that person, or write, and apolo-
gize. Tell the person you are sorry for what you did or said. What-
ever his or her reaction, positive or negative, it doesn’t matter. The
very act of 
repentance
, of expressing regret, will set you free.
■
A FINAL WARNING
Most people are open to the idea of forgiveness. It is among the
core beliefs of most religions, and is taught in psychology and meta-
physics. You are probably comfortable with the idea of forgiving
most of the people in your life who have hurt you in some way. But
there is a great danger.
The danger is that 
your refusal to forgive just one major grievance
can be enough to sabotage your entire life.
Your insistence on holding
onto just one person or situation by not forgiving can put the brakes
on all your forward progress. There are countless men and women
who ruin their lives because of their anger and resentment toward a
single person. They can’t let go of it, and so they never get free.
Don’t let this happen to you. You must have the courage and
character to forgive 
everyone
, without exception. There should be
no one in your life with whom you are still angry. Your mind
should be calm and clear. You should be able to say,
“I do not have
a negative or unforgiving thought toward anyone in the world; I freely
forgive them all.”
■