7. Practice
As much as I would love to say, now just go read the next book in the series, I can not. You need time to work on the skills needed to tackle the bigger issues. So I have put together some work sheets of sorts to help you evaluate where you are with anger and forgiveness and decide where you want to be.
$#$#1$#$# is a skill that needs to be practiced. I am hopeful that each of you really tries the experiment with the marbles. I do it at least twice a year to remind me of burdens I choose to carry.
The truth is there is no right or wrong answer because forgiveness is a choice and it happens in different degrees. No one can force you to forgive and some may even say that forgiveness is a dangerous step. Maybe these little worksheets and exercises will help you form your own …show more content…
It is about recognizing those annoyances and deciding how “you” want to handle them. This
_____________________ seems to do this thing that annoy me every day. - Yes there might be more than 1 and yet it has to begin somewhere.
1.
2.
3.
Will annoyance number 1 make a major difference in my life next year? If the answer is yes, what differences will it make?
Will annoyance number 2 make a major difference in my life next year? If the answer is yes, what differences will it make?
Will annoyance number 3 make a major difference in my life next year? If the answer is yes, what differences will it make?
Here is an actual complete form as an example.
Jason seems to do this thing that annoys me every day. - Yes there might be more than 1 and yet it has to begin somewhere.
1.
Every day he cleans around the kitchen with a sponge and then leaves it in a dishpan with just enough water to rot the thing and make the scrubby side fall off. If I go in and dry it off and zap it in the microwave, he finds something else to clean and does the same dang
As much as I would love to say, now just go read the next book in the series, I can not. You need time to work on the skills needed to tackle the bigger issues. So I have put together some work sheets of sorts to help you evaluate where you are with anger and forgiveness and decide where you want to be.
$#$#1$#$# is a skill that needs to be practiced. I am hopeful that each of you really tries the experiment with the marbles. I do it at least twice a year to remind me of burdens I choose to carry.
The truth is there is no right or wrong answer because forgiveness is a choice and it happens in different degrees. No one can force you to forgive and some may even say that forgiveness is a dangerous step. Maybe these little worksheets and exercises will help you form your own …show more content…
It is about recognizing those annoyances and deciding how “you” want to handle them. This
_____________________ seems to do this thing that annoy me every day. - Yes there might be more than 1 and yet it has to begin somewhere.
1.
2.
3.
Will annoyance number 1 make a major difference in my life next year? If the answer is yes, what differences will it make?
Will annoyance number 2 make a major difference in my life next year? If the answer is yes, what differences will it make?
Will annoyance number 3 make a major difference in my life next year? If the answer is yes, what differences will it make?
Here is an actual complete form as an example.
Jason seems to do this thing that annoys me every day. - Yes there might be more than 1 and yet it has to begin somewhere.
1.
Every day he cleans around the kitchen with a sponge and then leaves it in a dishpan with just enough water to rot the thing and make the scrubby side fall off. If I go in and dry it off and zap it in the microwave, he finds something else to clean and does the same dang