Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.
I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
There are some hurts that we experience that can be forgiven but we won't forget them.
I deepen my experience of God through prayer meditation and forgiveness.
I know from personal experience how damaging it can be to live with bitterness and unforgiveness. I like to say it's like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. And it really is that harmful to us to live this way.
If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.
Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness I was never going to be forgiven.
You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do.
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness anger concealed often hardens into revenge.