FROM SCAR TO SACRED

“Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.” —Gandhi

I have learned through my journey that forgiveness is not a single moment; it’s a practice. Each time we revisit a hurt, we are given another opportunity to choose love over resentment, compassion over judgment. It’s not about pretending the pain didn’t happen, but about releasing the grip it has on our spirit. Forgiveness opens the cage we’ve built around our hearts and whispers, You are free now. When we forgive, we align ourselves with divine love—the same love that created the stars and holds the oceans in place. It flows through us effortlessly when we stop resisting and start allowing. Forgiveness doesn’t condone hurtful behavior; it transcends it. It says, “I will not carry this weight any longer. I choose peace.”

Dear Angels, how do I truly forgive when the pain still lingers in my heart? How do I reach that place of true peace that passes all understanding?

Dear Ones, forgiveness is not forgetting, but remembering with peace. It is the gentle transformation of memory itself—where once there was bitterness or sorrow, there now resides understanding and light. Each time you choose love over anger, light over shadow, you are rewriting the story of your soul. You begin to see that even the hardest moments were teachers, guiding you toward compassion and humility. The sharp edges of pain soften as divine grace flows in, washing away resentment and leaving only truth. The wound becomes wisdom; the scar becomes sacred—a mark not of brokenness, but of resurrection. It is a reminder that you have faced the storm and chosen to stand in love’s light anyway. True forgiveness cannot be forced, for it is not born of the mind but of the heart. It blooms naturally in the soil of surrender, when you stop trying to make things right through willpower and instead allow Spirit to mend what human hands cannot. In that surrender, love takes root where pain once lived. It grows quietly at first, like a fragile sprout breaking through hardened ground. But as you nurture it with trust and patience, it blossoms into something radiant and unshakable. You become a vessel of grace—transparent, luminous, overflowing with mercy. And as that divine current flows through you, it doesn’t stop with you. It ripples outward, touching lives you may never meet, healing hearts you may never know. In forgiving, you become a living prayer for peace, and through you, the world remembers how to love again.

Angels Whisper:   Lay down the sword of blame, Dear One. The heart that forgives becomes the heart that truly sees. Love has already won.

Today, I promise to see more clearly where I am holding an energy of unforgiveness.

Teri Angel is a Happiness Coach, energy healer, best-selling author, spiritual teacher and mentor, and a motivational speaker. Teri is an International Peace Ambassador and the founder of a nonprofit organization, Angelspeakers Inc., which offers educational workshops and events centered around environmental awareness to include animals and nature, peace advocacy opportunities and ancient wisdom teachings. Teri’s movement “Peas For Peace” involves strengthening our awareness of the oneness of all, unifying mankind through compassion, peace, love and joy. She was named "She Who Blesses the Sacred Land" during the Peace On Earth Tour and embraces that title with loving grace.  www.angelspeakers.com

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