Sometimes there’s an interesting synchronicity to things.

Yesterday, I was having a discussion with my 20 yr old daughter, who has been busy mending a broken heart. The first love of her life mistreated her, and she has worked her way through devastation, anger, sadness, emptiness, to pondering forgiveness. 

“What do you think about that, Mum?” 

“Well, I’m not so much on track with forgiveness, per se. It can be misguided, slightly naive, like, ‘all is forgiven, so go ahead and sink the knife in again’. Plus, it’s not your job to forgive him.“

“I feel like I need to forgive him.“

“Would it make you feel better?“

“I think so.“

“Then, by all means, do it.“

She was quiet for a while. We both were. 

Then I said, “I’m more in line with what we call in yoga, upeksha.“ Continue reading →