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• The only way to heal the pain which will not heal itself is to forgive the person who hurt you. Forgiveness heals…
• Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory.
• Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. If you twist it into something it was never meant to be, it…
• You can forgive someone almost anything. But you cannot tolerate everything...We don't have to tolerate what people do just because we forgive…
• When I feel the joy of receiving a gift my heart nudges me to join creation's ballet, the airy dance of giving…
• Gratitude is the best feeling I would ever have, the ultimate joy of living.
• Any moment that opens us up to the reality that life is good is a parable of the supreme end for which…
• Kindness is the power that moves us to support and heal someone who offers nothing in return.
• When you give up vengeance, make sure you are not giving up on justice. The line between the two is faint, unsteady,…
• Forgiveness is the key that can unshackle us from a past that will not rest in the grave of things over and…
• We attach our feelings to the moment when we were hurt, endowing it with immortality. And we let it assault us every…
• Their pain [the injurer's pain at having injured you] and your pain create the point and counterpoint for the rhythm of reconciliation.…

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