Episode Details

Who is the hardest person to forgive? Usually yourself. The lad who used to beat me up on the way to school told me years later that I had saved his life.

We moved to Truro, into a caravan first, and I was bullied at school. I met him in town a couple of years ago and he said I had no idea how much I saved his life. I said yes, you used to beat me up on the way there. The harder one is me. I still feel like a burden even with paid carers, and that is shame I have not forgiven myself for yet. You cannot push pain away. It just keeps rumbling on underneath.

One thing to try: Pick one thing over the next fortnight and work on forgiving it. Start with yourself if that is the honest answer.

In this episode

• (0:01) Going back to basics on forgiveness
• (3:15) Moving to Truro, the caravan, and being bullied at school
• (5:13) Meeting him in town, and what he said to me
• (6:39) Still feeling like a burden, and the shame underneath it
• (9:45) You cannot push pain away, it keeps rumbling along
• (11:27) Have you really moved on, or have you just stopped looking
• (13:05) Not getting rid of it. Taking the lesson out of it
• (14:50) Reconciliation, including with yourself

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