Wellbeing & Culture
Forgiveness:
“Forgiveness is the experience of being at peace right now, no matter what has occurred five minutes ago or five years ago… Forgiveness = Peace in the present” – Dr Fred Luskin
As we are approaching the end of one term and the start of another, we have the opportunity to make space for reflection and intentional re-entry. As I have been reflecting, I have been processing what I have done well this term and areas I can grow for next term. Taking care of one’s own well-being is tricky. We are complex beings and so much goes into making us well.
To put it another way, so many complex areas in our lives can keep us from being ‘well’. One of these areas is grudges. I know I have held grudges in my life, even knowing they are not good for me, sometimes it just happens. But study after study and story after story has proven that forgiveness is an essential key to healthy well-being and thriving in life.
Forgiveness is not forgetting, or glossing over what happened, but it is accepting the ‘no’ when you wanted a ‘yes’ and deciding to embrace, appreciate and be grateful for your life anyway.
Below are some further resources that may help to reflect on forgiveness:
Greater Good Magazine Article: Science-Based Insights for a Meaningful Life
Peaceful Kids
Next term I will be working with a few small groups of juniors during school hours on the Peaceful Kids Program, if you are a parent of a Junior and interested in your child participating, please fill out the expression of interest form by July 10th.
Peaceful Parents
After Peaceful Kids is launched, I am also looking at running a Peaceful Parents workshop, with a few parents and guardians who are keen to pick up some more mindfulness strategies, there will be more information on this next term, but if you are super-keen, feel free to also fill out this Peaceful Parents expression of interest form.
Cheyenne Mason – On behalf of the Wellbeing & Culture Team