From speaking with my mother ...

From speaking with my mother I learned that forgiveness is a process that begins with the choice to end your own suffering.
From speaking with my mother I learned that forgiveness is a process that begins with the choice to end your own suffering.

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In 2002, my daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of colon cancer. And it was such a shock, a surprise to us.
Well the beauty of 'Iyanla: Fix My Life' is that men are in every show. To our surprise, some of the deepest healing demonstrations have been with the men - the sons, the fathers, the husbands - because they agree to participate with the wife or the daughter or whatever it is we are looking at, and it is there.
Truth is love's mother, and we all know it is not wise to lie to anyone's mother.
My purpose is to teach and demonstrate what is possible. To demonstrate love of God and good. Remember what my role is as a woman: to be... good. My role as a mother: to teach, support and nurture my offspring. My role as a grandmother: to remind everybody - right where you are, God is.
There is a lot of healing going on. Really! More people are vegetarians, more are in the green movement, more of us are tearing down the old paradigms and embracing same-sex marriage, single motherhood, men raising babies.