"Forgiveness does not mean that we have to……" — Jack Kornfield
"Forgiveness does not mean that we have to continue to relate to those who have done us harm. In some cases the best practice may be to end our connection, to never speak to or be with a harmful person again. Sometimes in the process of forgiveness a person who hurts or betrayed us may wish to make amends, but even this does not require us to put ourselves in the way of further harm."
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214 Quotes by Jack Kornfield
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All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.
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