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"Telling the story, acknowledging what has happened and how you feel, is often a necessary part of forgiveness."
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"If God forgave you, then forget your past and renounce it."
"If we really want to learn how to forgive, perhaps we had better start with something easier than the Gestapo."
"Although every person makes mistakes, not every mistake makes a person."
"Real forgiveness in close relationships is never easy. It can't be rushed or engineered."
"Love's voice reverberates with forgiveness across the room of our heart."
"We cannot simply forgive and forget, nor should we."
"I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It's not something that happens overnight. It's an evolution of the heart."
"It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive, but a lot of healing takes place when you do."
"I'll go from world to world until I find a time and place where you can come awake in safety. And I'll tell your story to my people, so that perhaps in time the can forgive you, too. The way that you've forgiven me."
"To forgive, we may need to open our minds to a fuller exploration of the context in which the events occurred, and feel compassion for the circumstances and everyone involved, starting with ourselves."
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"Seeking happiness is not the problem. The problem is that we often do not know where and how to find genuine happiness and so make the mistakes that cause suffering for ourselves & others."
"Being happy at work is possible for all of us, anytime & anywhere, with open eyes and a caring heart."
"Real forgiveness in close relationships is never easy. It can't be rushed or engineered."
"Sometimes people in abusive situations think they're responsible for the other person's happiness or that they're going to fix them and make them feel better. The practice of equanimity teaches that it's not all up to you to make someone else happy."
"You can see your thoughts and emotions arise & create space for them even if they are uncomfortable."
"In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away."
"Kindness is not a fixed trait that we either have or lack, but more like a muscle that can be developed and strengthened."
"Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the memories of our acts, real or imagined, and the secrets we keep about them."
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