“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” – Lewis B. Smedes
Forgiveness is essential for personal, familial and societal progress.
I published this article four years ago to the day on LinkedIn and it resonated with a lot of people.
I feel that it’s even more relevant today.
Forgiveness is well worthy of consideration as we enter into a new year.
Read MoreOver the past three years:
I’ve learned more about the the limitations of rationality and reason – there’s so much that we don’t know;
I’ve learned more about the necessity of faith-based action – you don’t know what you’re truly capable of without putting your best foot forward;
And I’ve learned more about how great things can be brought to pass through small and simple means.
Read, don’t rend, your books.
But always bear in mind that your most powerful learning and growth will come through your deliberate engagement with your daily experiences.
Read MoreIt’s the wrong time of year to be talking about graduations isn’t it?
But following what feels like graduations for two of my clients in consecutive weeks, it’s certainly got me thinking about what it means to graduate and level up…
If you want to level up well before the next graduation season then get in touch to see how 3 Stewardships mentoring might work for you.
Read MoreWho were you ten (or even five) years ago?
This week I bumped into my former self of five years ago.
It was an odd encounter, but an enlightening one nonetheless.
It reminded me that the best person to measure yourself against is a previous iteration of yourself.
Read MorePersonal transformation isn’t a one-time event – it’s a process.
Sometimes it’s an immensely challenging process at that.
Keep going.
It will be worth it in the end.
Read MoreIt was undoubtedly one of the most pivotal evenings of my life.
The evening after feeling the full brunt of my realisation that I was living a nihilistic life will be etched into my memory forever.
Whilst the darkness that I’d been living with reached its nadir on the Saturday, Sunday was a day of unparalleled and near instantaneous redemption.
This is the part of my transformation story that I didn’t mention in my TEDx Talk.
And it’s vital.
Read MoreSuffering, to a greater or lesser extent, is an inherent part of life.
Sometimes it may seem cruel and intolerable.
But it needn’t be for nothing.
Suffering can be a powerful catalyst for personal transformation, giving us unparalleled learning experiences.
With faith, it may even come to represent a call to our path and higher purpose.
If you are suffering now, know that your darkest dawns can yet become your brightest days.
Don’t despair.
And never give up.
Keep hope, have faith and go well.
Onwards.
Read MoreWhat feels worse than knowing you’re on the wrong path, selling yourself short, heading in the wrong direction and that you’ve got no one to blame but yourself?
Thankfully, repentance empowers transformation.
Far from requiring a person to wallow in shame and remorse, repentance encourages people to use those negative feelings to good effect as powerful stimuli for meaningful and lasting change.
Repentance is a habit that empowers me to live in a state of continuous transformation.
Through it, I am able to learn more, do more and be more, reaching new heights along the way.
It’s a truly incredible principle – a key that will never rust.
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