Book Titles

You can’t make the bad thing that happened never have happened. But you can do, or at least try to do, the next best thing, which is forgive what has happened.

Forgiving does not mean become passive; nor does it mean ceasing to take steps to prevent the bad thing from happening again…

…forgiveness does mean that you cease to let yourself be consumed by anger, resentment, bitterness and the other volatile solvents that keep the fire burning, a fire that spreads, destroying families, towns, even countries.

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.

To do what is right, we often need not to do what we naturally want to do. Never is this truer than when we seek revenge.

The decision to try to forgive reflects more the kind of person you are than the beliefs you think you adhere to.

We must learn the art of forgiveness. We must learn how to respect those we don’t understand, those we fear and even hate…