2015-08-04 International Forgiveness Month (2)

Let it go!
There are many benefits to forgiveness. For one thing, forgiveness is good for your health. It helps reduce your stress and anxiety levels.

It can also prevent high blood pressure and depression. For another, when you develop the habit of forgiveness, your relationships are healthier. One study found that forgiveness restores positive feelings toward the one who committed the offense. These positive feelings often spread to other relationships, making them better, too.

In addition, another study found that those who practice forgiveness often live longer.

Lastly, holding a grudge always causes you more problems than the original “unforgivable”offense. When you finally let go of your anger, you will be rewarded with peace and joy.This month, with its emphasis on forgiveness, would be the perfect time to start fresh. Why not make an effort to let others know you have forgiven them? You’ll feel better and the odds are, they will, too.

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Teaching Topic: It’s vs. Its教學主題: It’s與 Its的差別
Hello, friends! What’s the number one most common English grammar mistake of all time? It’s the failure to distinguish between two words, words with the exact same pronunciation.

The two words are “it’s”and “its” one has an apostrophe, the other one does not.

Now if you’re one of the many people who has trouble keeping these two words straight, you are in good company.

That’s right. Former US president and statement, Thomas Jefferson and in his first draft of that Declaration of Independence sometimes wrote “it’s” with the apostrophe for the possessive form of “its”.

And there was good reason for that, back in the 1700s when dictionaries were still uncommon to make a word possessive one added an apostrophe s to the end of it, like in the word “children’s”.

As always though, there were exceptions, the possessive pronouns, ours and yours, for example, had no apostrophes and eventually it’s, i, t, apostrophe s lost its apostrophe, too.

Although we may still confuse “it’s” and “its”, the rules to distinguish these two words are pretty easy to remember, when you mean “it is” or “it has”, use an apostrophe.

And when using “its”as possessive, don’t.

Editor's Summary
We are talking about forgiveness.

And today, we looked at some of the benefits.

It is good for your health.

Your stress and anxiety levels will be reduced, and high blood pressure and depression can also be prevented.

Also, your relationships are healthier.

Forgiveness has been found by one study to restore positive feelings toward the one who committed the offense, and these positive feelings often spread to other relationships, too.

Another study found that those who forgive seem to live longer, and when you hold a grudge, you end up with more problems than the original unforgivable offense.

You will be rewarded with peace and joy when you finally do let it go.

So with this month’s emphasis on forgiveness, why not start now?

Make an effort to let others know that you forgive them.

The odds are that they will feel better just like you will.

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