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with another presenter, and I tried to release the anger, but I just could

not let it go. I may not have wanted to release the anger, but as always
God knows how to adjust your attitude, despite what you want to do.

Thus, began the second journey of my spiritual uplifting.

I met with some other sisters I had befriended the previous years
and we just hung out. I continued to share my story with them, and
we separated to attend workshops. The first workshop I participated

in was facilitated by Dr. Green, entitled “Forgiveness." As part of the

workshop, she had all the sisters sitting in a circle with a big soup pot
in the center. She began the workshop by having each of us write

down things we needed to let go of. She wanted us to each stand and
drop the piece of paper into the big soup pot.

I sat there with my arms crossed and paper empty because I was
not ready to forgive. As everyone began to write and dump their

forgiveness in the pot. The strangest things began to happen; Dr.
Green saw the anger in my eyes and had me to stay after the workshop

to talk. I told her what happened, and she kept telling me I needed to
forgive to get rid of the anger -- whatever. I was pissed and I wanted

to stay pissed. She just smiled and said okay, it was as though her spirit
tried to touch and release me. My stubbornness would not allow

forgiveness.

The evening session consisted of a sister who was discussing the

same thing Dr. Green was discussing in the morning workshop,

forgiveness, except she had us dancing to music. The music and the

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