Acts of Kindess

Leading up to Christmas a lot of people need a bit of a pick-me-up in our communities.  This year, I am doing acts of kindness each day until Christmas.  I am using a pool of acts that I got from Sweatpants and Coffee with a few of my own added.  I will explain some of my own here on the blog when we get to them in the month.  In a link to the meaning of my blog, this is based off of a traditional advent calendar and can be incorporated into an advent calendar for those who are Christian.  I also hope to make this a ritual with my family to do yearly.  If you are interested in seeing my list, I will be posting them daily on twitter.  The first one today is: Give a hug coupon to someone.

Forgiveness . . .

I'm still working on my meditation stuff to present in some coherent form.  I also got some of it from a class and I want to make sure that I reference the ideas and where they come from.  So, I'm going to go to a slightly different topic for this week.

Forgiveness. . .   The concept of doing something "wrong" and then "atoning" for that act (or lack of an act in some cases) is fairly common in religions.  The concepts of what constitutes a "wrong" is different based on religion, culture, and personal moral values.  However, I think we can all agree that we do things that are "wrong" at times.  Weather that is being selfish and eating all the cookies when you could have shared them; standing by and watching someone get bullied without intervening; or yelling at your friend when you were angry and they didn't deserve your anger.  Whatever those "wrongs" are for us personally, they can infect our lives.  We can live our lives filled with regret, reliving those moments when we should have done something else.  Such "wrong" actions can ruin relationships and color our actions and thoughts for lifetimes.