Four Steps to Finding the Freedom of Forgiveness Week 2 Workshop with Maureen Cooper
This course will draw on 'The Book of Forgiving' written by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter, and Mpho Tutu.
'As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison' Nelson Mandela
Mandela had plenty to be bitter about—he spent 27 years in prison in South Africa—and yet he had the insight to realise that his bitterness would continue to curb his freedom, just as prison had done. Many of our clients carry suffering from life situations such as divorce, job loss, illness, bereavement and abuse. Some of us who are trying to support them will be carrying similar pain. Forgiveness can feel as if it is too much to ask of us and yet, if we don't try to walk that path we are limiting ourselves and depriving ourselves of true freedom.
This course will draw on 'The Book of Forgiving' written by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter, & Mpho Tutu. In 1995 Desmond Tutu was appointed chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a national tribunal to try to expiate the sins of apartheid in South Africa.
The heart of the book is the fourfold path to forgiveness:
At each stage we will be look at ways of finding how we can heal through forgiveness and how it can be applied practically in your own life. We will also explore how we learn to forgive ourselves.
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Four Steps to Finding the Freedom of Forgiveness Week 2 Workshop with Maureen Cooper