Personal Amnesty Day
So I’ve been thinking about spring, and spring cleaning, and forgiveness, and I guess Easter and Passover, lately.I’ve decided that I am going to have Spring Equinox be Personal Amnesty Day. The idea is that you (You! Or, really, me.) have all these people in your life who have hurt you in some way. Maybe they’re still in your life, maybe they’re not, but you hold grudges against them, or blame them for causing you pain or anguish or trauma or drama or whatever.
On Personal Amnesty Day, you just say fuck it, wipe the slate clean, and forgive those people for hurting you. You decide that you’re going to let go of your negative feelings about those memories and situations, and not allow yourself to cling to them, not allow yourself to hold your grudges so dearly anymore.
It doesn’t mean you have to actually contact people and tell them you’re doing this. No way! (Like they’d even care, the jerks!) And it’s not about absolving them of blame or wrongdoing, either. It’s about your mind state, and your mental well-being, and effecting internal change. It’s not necessarily about building bridges. It’s maybe leaving the door open for bridges to be rebuilt, but who cares, that’s not the point. Mostly it’s just letting go of your attachment to the things that are causing you pain.
Will this really work though? That is the question. It’s all well and good in theory but am I really going to be able to let go of these grudges, some of which are basically old enough to drive? We’ll see. It’s big (it’s huge), but it’s good work. We’re doing this.
Happy Personal Amnesty Day.
