Welcome back to Picture Love. Friends, I'm so happy you're here. Today I have a very special guest and this guest is not here with me in the physical form. This is a conversation with the essence or the per personified. Spirit of forgiveness, and to personalize this even further, we have a name, A name for the spirit of forgiveness and it came from the desire to master forgiveness. And I believe that the world needs a whole lot of forgiveness right now, not just myself. So without further ado, I'm going to jump into this meaningful, intuitive interview with my guest, Amari'el. Welcome Ariel. Many people have heard the word forgiveness before. Maybe they even think they know the word and the truest meaning, but they might still wonder. Who are you really? Hello, dear heart. You could say I'm the space between hurt and healing. I'm not here to erase the past. I help your heart let go of the heavy parts so it can remember how to shine again. My name Amari'el means one who forgives with love and remembers the light. I come in this form today so you can hear me, feel me, and begin to trust me, not as a concept, but as a presence. I'm here to walk with you as you soften, remember, and return to who you've always been. It seems like some people like holding on to resentment or judgment as if it's familiar or maybe even comfortable. You tell me why would someone want to forgive in the first place? Well, because forgiveness is how you stop carrying what hurts. Resentment may feel familiar, even protective, but it builds walls around your joy. Forgiveness doesn't mean the pain didn't matter. It means you matter more. It frees your energy, your heart, and your future. It lets you come home to yourself to live the beautiful life you were meant to live. That sure sounds easier than it feels. How does one actually forgive? Can you offer an approach- something for someone who's listening to this and saying, "yeah, right. Easier said than done." Kris. I would tell them. Begin with willingness. Just a breath, a whisper, and intention. I want to let this go. Then feel what needs to be felt. It may be easier said than done, but write that letter whether you give it or send it or not. Speak the truth aloud to the wind, to the trees, to your pet. Ask your heart. What do I need to release right now? And then imagine placing the burden in my hands. I will hold it while you remember how to be the light you really are. Wow. How do we know it's truly forgiven? How does that look? How does that feel? How does that sound? Because I know there have been times where I thought I forgave something and it keeps showing up, and so if you could just help me understand, how do I know it's truly forgiven? That's a good question. When you know you've forgiven, it feels like softness in the places that once clenched, it looks like choosing peace instead of proving your perspective. It sounds like silence, where blame used to echo. True forgiveness doesn't erase memory. It restores truth without the weight. It's available to help you just let go. Okay. I get that. That makes sense to me. But some people carry hurts they don't even talk about, I know I'm guilty of this too. You know the hurts that it's too painful to talk about the hurts that you don't want to share with somebody because it's safer to not mention it and not open up to criticism or possibly finding blame within myself. What if somebody doesn't know where to start? I would say start with kindness to yourself. Even the tiniest whisper of wanting to feel better is enough. Forgiveness isn't about pretending something didn't happen. It's about choosing not to let it harden your heart. Try this thought. Maybe I don't have to carry this alone anymore. Or what if letting go is safer than holding on? Let your heart be curious. Curiosity is often the first doorway. Like the voice of a little child who is so willing to ask why about something they don't quite grasp. I appreciate that, but what if somebody hurt us on purpose or they don't want to apologize, they don't want to take credit for hurting us. What if they appear to be at peace with the hurt that they've caused. I know that ache, but forgiveness doesn't mean letting them off the hook. It means unhooking yourself from the pain. You get to be free. Even if they never change their thoughts, their growth, their remorse, or lack of it is not your responsibility. I. Your peace is your responsibility. So forgiveness says, I choose not to wait for your apology to feel whole again. That's where you step into your power. Sometimes the hardest person to forgive is myself. What would you say to somebody who's feeling that way and they're in a pattern of. Self criticism, I would say you are not the worst thing you've done. You are not the worst thing you've done. You are a soul who is learning just like everyone else is. Forgive the versions of you who didn't know yet. That's how you make space for the version who does. Imagine a child knocking over a vase while reaching for a flower. Would you yell or would you teach them with love? You are still that child reaching for the light, reaching for that flower. Be gentle with your becoming and know you're gonna make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes. And what about the people around us, especially those who haven't yet woken up to the deeper truths of who they are? They're not aware of the power inside of them. Kris, I would say love them even in their forgetting. Love them because they're forgetting. Love them. Through it all. We all wake up in our own time. You don't have to carry their pain, but you can let your light show them the way. See them as travelers in a fog each on a different road. Some are resting, some are lost. Some are doing their best with broken maps. Your role is not to steer them but to shine so that they know home is possible. You don't have to make them find their way. Just let them. Mari'el, can you offer a way to see them with loving eyes? What does that look like? How, how, how do we do that? From a bird's eye view, You don't just see a moment, you see the whole flight path. When someone lashes out, pause, ask what storm might they be flying through right now? Love doesn't excuse behavior, but it expands your vision. Let your tone be gentle. Let your face soften. Let your heart remember. They too are trying to remember who they are. You just keep breathing. And are you suggesting we look at the world leaders with the same compassion and forgiveness as we would a neighbor? Yes. Not because their choices are harmless, but because judgment alone cannot create change. Everyone you see. As a leader, whether on a screen or in a classroom is still human. They're still learning. Whether they realize it or not. They're still shaped by their own forgetting. Every time you choose to be kind instead of cruel, to breathe, instead of react to try again instead of give up, you're leading. That light ripples farther than you know. You don't need a title to transform the world. So whether they are seen as a leader or not, they are, and we need to look to them with the same compassion. How much impact can one's soul really have on the collective? Can you help us visualize the impact? Just one person can make because it is very noisy in the crowds of bad news and judgment, and worry and fear, and lower emotions that could use the spirit of forgiveness and remembering, Imagine a drop of die in a clear bowl of water. One act of forgiveness, colors, everything. One choice to love. Truly love creates invisible Echoes. A word, a smile, a boundary with grace. It reaches hearts you'll never meet. You are attuning fork for peace. The clearer your note, the more the world harmonizes around you. That's how big you are. Every one of you. Wow. This is so much to take in. Amari'el. Before we close, is there something you'd like to leave us with? Yes dear. I'd love to share a small gift, a gentle remembering, a way for your heart to soften, your breath to deepen and your soul to begin again. Here is an invitation to remember. You don't have to do it all at once. You don't have to know how. Just whisper. I want to be free. That is where I begin. Forgive the pain, forgive the story. Forgive the silence. Forgive the forgetting. You are not lost. You are returning. You are not broken. You are remembering. I am Amari'el. I will walk with you as long as it takes, not to fix you, but to help you feel again. Not to rush you, but to gently remind you, you are the love you have been waiting for. I am so glad you remembered.