Public servants told to learn to forgive for their own health
Mr Howard Simon was speaking about the importance of forgiveness during the activity held under the theme: ‘Workplace Stress- A Collective Challenge’.
“Un-forgiveness is like a cancer-causing agent inside of you, and if you are not willing to forgive you can be committing suicide slowly,” the pastor said, noting that “un-forgiveness is an unwise posture of seeking to hurt one that has hurt you by hurting yourself. It’s like drinking poison slowly…I am taking my own life slowly when I do not forgive.”
Mr Simon’s dynamic presentation was met with keen ears and gestures of approval.
One of the points met with open agreement was that forgiving didn’t mean forgetting.
“Unless you have amnesia, you will not forget,” Mr Howard said. “You need to learn to forgive so it doesn’t affect you today the way it did yesterday. You must not remember it with the animosity of yesterday.”
However, forgiveness, according to the preacher, is hard work. “But it is work worth doing.”
The public officers were also told that forgiveness is a choice.
It was noted by Chief of Medical Staff of the BVI Health Services Authority and Psychiatrist, Dr June Samuel that an increasing number of persons in the Virgin Islands have been seeking psychiatric help for stress related issues.
Noting that she has a vested interest in the subject of work related stress since she is also a practising psychiatrist, Dr Samuel said “we do what we see more and more and we now know that a lot of what we see is related to what is happening in the work place.”
Dr Samuel added that a survey done by an insurance company in the US found that problems at work are more strongly associated with health complaints than any other life stressors. It was also found that stress is more associated with increased error and injuries at work.
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