The most basic method one can use to let go of the past is by looking at it as a learning experience.
~ Stephen Richards
Do not be deceived that you are weak because you have forgiven; instead be rest assured that you are now showing great strength - after all, forgiving is one of the most difficult things to do.
Remember, forgiveness is not a millstone but a milestone!
The truth is, forgiving is a rather simple concept to grasp. It is often imagined that when you forgive, you have to reconcile with someone and yet this is a larger team in which forgiveness is just a player.
The world is full of victims; don’t add to the growing culture of “I’ve a story to tell”, well not unless it’s a story to help others overcome situations or as a warning.
Do not allow yourself to be pulled into the role of embracing victimship as some sort of badge of honor to wear or flash around at any opportunity.
Before making a snap judgment, ask yourself if it really is something that has hurt you or simply just made you angry at yourself for allowing it to happen. It’s amazing what ‘sleeping on it’ can do. A new day sees a new beginning.
This pain you are avoiding is a very necessary pain that will make you strong again.
We invent what we need to get us by, but in doing so we are really continuing to hold on to the pain of yesterday.
You can learn to heal yourself, learn to understand that the pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow!
Pain can cause us to learn no end of lessons, but without resolution there can be no healing!
The pain you have gone through will give you the strength of character to come through it all, so long as you learn from what you have suffered then it was not suffering at all.
What you have suffered after you have healed will make perfect sense.
You are not, though, forgiving so as to let others off with things. You are forgiving so that you can empower yourself to get over it and become strong.
The practice of forgiving is a sequential practice that begins with excusing someone.
As human beings, we are custom made to be happy. Why then would we want to change the order of things by not being happy?
The pain you feel is simply because you do not yet have the strength to forgive. But you will grow strong again, that is for sure.
Due to the need to co-exist with these inhuman and inconsiderate people, we will obviously be disturbed by their acts; something which if we look at closely actually means that we too could be affecting some other people negatively every once in a while.
One way you can trace your way back to real and true happiness and joy is through forgiveness.
By understanding the basic impediments to forgiveness, the repercussions of failing to forgive and the fruits of forgiveness, this will lead you gently to the shoreline of a distinct new and more powerful YOU.
God’s forgiveness is greater than the devil’s hate.
~ Dewayne Owens
At times we must forgive others even when they don’t deserve it. We forgive them because we deserve it. Free yourself.
Gracious words refresh, restore and revive the soul.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Nothing can stop you from being happy except yourself. Focus on positive thoughts.
May grace abound to you, you overcome any challenging situation.
Countless possibilities exist in any situation. You must maintain a positive outlook to see the miraculous possibilities.
Renunciation is not rejecting the family but accepting the whole world as family. Renunciation is not changing the name or dress. It is changing the attitude towards life. Renunciation is not removing the hairs form the head. It is eliminating the negative thoughts from the mind. Renunciation is not running away from responsibility, doership or fruits of action but it is focusing on the fruits and actions that will bring happiness to the whole world. Renunciation is the ultimate compassion and ultimate forgiveness.
~ Amit Ray
It is an incapacitating emotion one feels upon hearing the whispered words I still love you after deeply hurting that soul. Forgiveness isn't weakness.It is power.
~ Richelle E. Goodrich
Our hearts are all prison walls when we hold people captive with chains of unforgiveness.
~ Ikechukwu Izuakor
To forgive is a decision, to forget takes effort, to heal is a process, to believe again takes courage.
~ Victoria Wen
It is hard to focus on going forwards when you are looking backwards.
~ Gillian Duce
It is incredible how many hurts can be healed by the two words, 'I'm sorry.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
An open heart has greater power than a clenched fist.
Step ahead immediately and do what you have to do before it's too late.
~ Moutasem Algharati
All men are guilty of the wrong they have done.
Love is the greatest gift, we can give to one another.
Accept God's love, unconditional love.
God's grace is the power to forgiveness.
Life is a chain of interrelated puzzles.Pain and Sorrow are some necessities to greater heights and people may be the architects of our woes. We may develop some hatred for such people through whom the woes of life came our way but when we get to the point where we fully understand why sorrow and pain came our way, we ought to be grateful to those through whom the woes that propelled us to our greatness came.
~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Be kind to all the people you meet on your journey.
