Publisher
The
Tamara Foundation, Inc.
dba
Tamara Spiritual Center
3002 E. Ft. Lowell Rd.
Tucson, Arizona 85716
520-325-0513

Editor
Karrie Welborn

Publishing
Committee
Karrie Welborn
Karen Bock
Maggie Mulchahey
Alyce Revella
Susan Sampson
Richard Hartman
Bill Shepherd

Design & Layout
Karrie Welborn

Photos
Maggie Mulchahey

Board of Directors
Richard Hartman,
President
Maggie Mulchahey
Vice President
Vita Balsino,
Secretary
Sally Menninga,
Treasurer
Rev. Karen Bock,
Pastor
Karrie Welborn
Trustee
Elizabeth Miles
Trustee
Bill Shepherd
Trustee

Spirit has informed me that the key for being happy, prosperous and successful in 2009 will be for all of us to practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is a process, which means that it can be divided into a series of choices, experiences and realizations. Many of us are emotionally trapped, struggling our lives away, in the middle of a win-lose, right vs. wrong, victim vs. victimizer game. With the exception of trivial stuff like insults and inconveniences, it takes more than deciding to forgive to release the suffering of having been victimized.
Forgiveness is a healing journey for the body, mind and soul. Even if you know in your heart that you want or need to forgive someone, the path toward peace can be difficult, but the rewards are worth the work.

Practicing forgiveness can contributes to:

• Better health
• Stronger, more lasting and more loving relationships
• Greater abundance, prosperity and financial resourcefulness
• A more real and lasting sense of self worth and purpose
• A deeper sense of connection and security in the world
• A more heightened feeling of freedom, joy and laughter on a daily basis

There are steps in the process for forgiveness:

• End the incident and move to safety
• Heal the suffering connected with the wound
• Master your feelings about your abuser
• Reconstruct your own life
• Forgive self
• Let it go

As we forgive others and ourselves, we need to declare:

God’s forgiving love has set us free. Divine love now produces perfect results and all is again well between us. I behold you with the eyes of love and I glory in your success, prosperity and complete good.