#ene

--I truly and deeply wanted to kill him. And I believe I could have done it, with nothing but my hands. But all of a sudden, out of nowhere, Peter had an arm around me. "Let it go, Kade," he was whispering very gently, though his arm was nearly crushing me. "Open your fists," he said, "and let go of the coals. ↗

— David James Duncan

#forgiveness #letting-go #forgiveness

Few suffer more than those who refuse to forgive themselves. ↗

— Mike Norton

#forgiveness #suffer #suffering #forgiveness

At the door he turned and looked back. She stood, facing away from him, the sunlight from the window enshrouding her in an unmerited halo of gold. Perhaps, he thought, that was how God saw all His children. Selfish and fallen, yes. But in the forgiving light of His Son, each wore an unmerited halo ↗

— Julie Klassen

#forgiveness

I forgive him and like water draining from the sand after a wave, the power he held over me disappears. A slow smile rises on my face. ↗

— Ryan Winfield

#forgiving #pain #forgiveness

There are certain things in life that you'll be forgiven for, no matter how thoughtless or stupid or reckless, but if you do that same thing twice, you're on your own. ↗

— Jennifer E. Smith

#mistakes #forgiveness

أسأل : إذا كانت الظروف القاسية هي التي تجعل الناس قساة القلوب ، و اذا كان النجاح هو الذي يلينها و يجعلها غاية في التسامح ؟! ↗

— حنان الشيخ

#forgiveness

There was a time I stopped talking, just like you. My reasons were a little bit different, but... I think the feelings of being ashamed of myself and hating myself... are the same. Here it says "to like yourself." What does that mean? Good things---how are you supposed to find them? I only know things that I hate about myself. Because that's all I know: I hate myself. Even if your force yourself to find good things... it feels so empty. It doesn't work that way. People like your teacher just don't get it. I think... when you hear someone say they like you for the first time... then you can begin to like yourself. I think when someone accepts you for the first time... you feel like you can forgive yourself a little. You can begin to face your fears. ~Yuki ↗

— Natsuki Takaya

#self-esteem #forgiveness

Forgiveness is not about forgetting, Mack. It is about letting go of another person's throat. ↗

— Wm. Paul Young

#forgiveness

We don't forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them because they need itwe need it. ↗

— Bree Despain

#forgiveness #pastor-divine #forgiveness

In a recent interview, General Norman Schwartzkof was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward the people who have harboured and abetted the terrorists who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks on America. His answer..."I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#god #quip #terrorist #forgiveness