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Forgiveness Exercise

One of my teachers had each one of us bring a clear plastic bag and a sack of potatoes. For every person we’d refuse to forgive in our life experience, we chose a potato, wrote on it the name and date, and put it in the plastic bag. Some of our bags were quite heavy. We were then told to carry this bag with us everywhere for one week, putting it beside our bed at night, on the car seat when driving, next to our desk at work.

The hassle of lugging this around with us made it clear what a weight we were carrying spiritually, and how we had to pay attention to it all the time to not forget and keep leaving it in embarrassing places. Naturally, the condition of the potatoes deteriorated to a nasty slime.

This was a great metaphor for the price we pay for keeping our pain and heavy negativity! Too often we think of forgiveness as a gift to the other person, and it clearly is for ourselves!

–Diane Wolter, Career Specialist, Concordia College, MN

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Anaheim–Orange County, CA

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I arrived as a skeptic, but by the end of the first day I was converted. These strategies are practical and timely. I am looking forward to implementing them in my courses.
Rodney R. Brooks
Faculty, Accounting
Glendale Community College, AZ
In my 31 years of teaching this was the best and most critically needed of any workshop I have ever attended.
Susan Duncan
Faculty, Humanities
El Camino College, CA
I told my Dean that if I took every workshop and conference I had ever attended and rolled them into one, it would not equal what I learned and gained from your workshop.
Jan Trollinger
Faculty, English
Paine College, GA
This was an awesome experience for an educator who was burning out!
Shay Jones
Faculty, Foundational Studies
Harrisburg Area Community College, PA
The On Course Workshop was the most productive learning experience I have had in years.
Kelli Rush
Faculty, Business
Campbellsville University, KY
This workshop transformed my professional and personal life.
Susan Pitcher
Director, TRIO
Bay College, MI
As a new teacher, I felt like a sponge, absorbing every bit of information I could. I highly recommend this workshop to new teachers so they get started “On Course.”
Carolyn Weyel
Faculty, Student Life and Leadership
Cuesta College, CA
I loved the modeling of excellent presentation skills.
Laura Wimberley
Director, FOCUS
Texas A&M University, TX
This workshop was a transformative experience!
Will Schutz
Faculty, English
Northern Virginia Community College, VA
Every person who works in education should be required to do this workshop.
Bryan McCullough
Academic Advisor
Davidson County Community College, NC

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