Forgiveness Brings Healing

Dr Tae Yun Kim is a martial artist, an author, a speaker and much more. Here is an excerpt from her book, The Silent Master.

Here's a simple illustration of Two Neighborhoods that shows how forgiveness and letting go of condemnation or guilt brings healing.

Once there were two neighborhoods whose residents were constantly fighting. An argument between them had started many years before, and since that time they had always been at odds with each other.

Members from one neighborhood would not associate in any way with members from the opposite neighborhood. They had been separated for so long that nobody in one neighborhood knew anything about anybody in the other neighborhood. (

One day, one of the neighborhoods started having problems with their well. Slowly, they were losing their water. Everyone in that neighborhood worked to try and fix the problem, but it got worse. A few weeks later they were out of water completely. It looked like they would lose everything they had worked for, their farm, their cattle.

Finally, when the situation became desperate, their only option was to speak with the other neighborhood about their problem. Swallowing their pride, the people approached the other neighborhood. As they walked, visions of being ridiculed and rejected were in their minds, but their only hope was to try anyway.

To Be Continued…