01.02.Tool 3 : Action Planning

01.02.T03-AP — Action Planning Worksheet: Lessons from Birungi's Story

Birungi's story demonstrates the importance of recognising when an offence continues to influence your thoughts, feelings, attitudes or responses.

Use this worksheet to identify what you would like to address as you continue through the Guide and the immediate steps you can take.

1. Which offence or relationship, if any, came to mind most frequently as you reflected on Birungi's story and completed the Self-Assessment?

You do not need to identify the person by name.

2. Which unforgiveness tendencies did you recognise most strongly in your response to that offence or offender?

3. How are these tendencies currently affecting you?

Consider any effects on your thoughts, emotions, relationships, decisions, responsibilities or well-being that are relevant to your situation.

4. Is there anything about your response to the offence that you have previously found difficult to acknowledge?

☐ Yes
☐ No
☐ I am not sure

If yes, what are you now willing to acknowledge?

5. Which aspect of your response to the offence would you most like to change?

6. Why is this change important to you?

7. What difference would this change make in your life or in the way you relate to the offender?

8. What is one action you can take now to begin addressing the aspect of your response that you identified?

9. When will you take this action?

10. What could prevent you from taking this action?

11. What will you do to address this potential obstacle?

12. Which thoughts, feelings, attitudes or reactions will you pay closer attention to as you continue through the Guide?

13. What situations are most likely to reveal whether your response to the offender is changing?

14. What evidence would indicate that progress is taking place?

The aspect of my response that I will address is:

The action I will take is:

I will take this action by:

As I continue through the Guide, I will pay particular attention to: