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It’s impossible to beat an enemy you do not understand, and fear – in all its forms, from terror to apathy to hatred to playing it small – is the enemy of courage.
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001 |
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Forgiveness must build a bridge over pain, often tremendous pain. Forgiveness starts in hurt, in anger, in disbelief, in confusion. It starts in hatred.
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014 |
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Ironically, when we forgive, the slave we free is ourselves. We free ourselves from being slaves to our own hatred.
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025 |
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Forgiveness overrules hatred. Forgiveness is not only stronger; it is much more clever and wise than vengeance or retribution.
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027 |
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Most of us disregard a vital truth: When you hate, you are the person who gets hurt.
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055 |
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Hatred within families may be the most damaging and enduring of all human conflicts, and the most difficult to sort out.
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190 |
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Once you have been hurt, you naturally soothe yourself by hating the person who hurt you.
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214 |
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…hatred and the need for revenge originate in the humiliation, rage and betrayal we feel at lacking control. The fact that death is the ultimate proof of our lack of control.
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215 |
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If we can accept that we lack control… We can then rise above what holds us down, namely anger, resentment and hatred. We become free.
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225 |
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We must learn the art of forgiveness. We must learn how to respect those we don’t understand, those we fear and even hate…
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