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"To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing - the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself. Caleb's betrayal is something we both carry, and since he did it, all I've wanted is for him to take its weight away from me. I am not sure that I'm capable of shouldering it all myself - not sure that I am strong enough, or good enough."
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"Forgiveness, compassion, and kindness are the fundamental ingredients of our beloved humanity."
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"Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness."
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"We need to extend forgiveness to all who have hurt us. Forgive others who have trespass you just as your Heavenly Father forgives you. God's grace is the power to forgiveness."
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"We are all guilty of sin, error, and moments of sheer stupidity; none of us should be casting stones. The occasional arced pebble might be overlooked."
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"I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him."
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"The only sin God cannot forgive is the sin of rejecting Christ. Turn to Him in repentance and faith - and He will forgive."
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"Do not carry the burden of self-judgment. You are forgiven and pardoned."
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"Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you."
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"When you forgive your enemy, you may no longer have one."
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"One who forgives his enemies conquers them, one who loves his enemies conquers himself."
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"Honor, I said with a snort. "Honor has no place in survival."
Survival
"If someone offer you an opportunity to get closer to your enemy, you always take it."
Strategy
"Yeah, sometimes life really sucks," she says. "But you know what I'm holding on for?"I raise my eyebrows.She raises hers, too, mimicking me."The moments that don't suck," she says. "The trick is to notice them when they come around."
Awareness
"The person you became with her is worth being."
Identity
"It isn't right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first."
Morality
"Intentions are the only thing they care about. They try to make you think they care about what you do, but they don't. They don't want you to act a certain way, they want you to think a certain way. So you're easy to understand. So you wont pose a threat to them."
Control
"I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them. I am terrified and I don't even know of what, because I have lost everything already."
Loneliness
"I wish I could tell him that we're going through the same thing. I wish I could speak to him like I want to instead of like I'm supposed to. But the idea of admitting that I need help is too much to bear, so I turn away."
Struggle
"What is wrong with you?' I shake my head. 'Pull it together.' And that's what it feels like: pulling the different parts of me up and in like a shoelace. I feel suffocated, but at least I feel strong."
Strength
"Fear, she says, "is more powerful than pain.""
Emotion
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