On forgiveness…

Forgiveness is for you….not for them.

Forgive everyone everything.

Forgiveness is accepting the apology you will never receive.

Life becomes a lot easier when you learn to accept the apologies you never got.

Assume ignorance before malevolence!

“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”

~ Nelson Mandela

"Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."

~ Buddha

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”

~ Lewis B. Smedes

“Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a constant attitude.”

~ MLK

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

~ Mahatma Ghandi

"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."

~ Mark Twain

Too often we treat people’s mistakes as moral failures. We should reconsider this. See Notes on the Illusion of Free Will.

Life is too short to hold on to hurt. Whether you’re hurt from being abused as a POW or from your daddy leaving when you were young, you got to set that hurt down. You’ll only hurt yourself when you harbor hate.