#forgive

Montana A great many small failures have brought me to this Dark room where, against the teachings of the church, I lie in the forgiving dark with you and we kiss And loosen our clothing and feel the hot urge Toward nakedness, man's natural destination, The slow unbuttoning, unclasping, until at last We lie revealed. The fine sensation Of you on my skin. A slender woman as vast As Montana and I am now heading west On a winding road through the dark contours Of mountains and into a valley, coming to rest In a meadow that I recognize as yours. This is what I drove across North Dakota to find: This sweet nest. And put all my failed life behind. ↗

— Gary Johnson

#religion #forgiveness

Better to forget, better to let go of the bitterness. I say bitterness is only good in medicine, or if you fry bitter gourd with egg, then it's dlicious. I told Lan-Lan many times, we have only one life, it's important to kua kwee, to look spaciously. Not keep the eyes so narrowed down to the small dispairs. Those people who say forgive and forget, I say they not right. Not so simple. I say, find right medicine. Bitterness must be just right for problem. Then swallow it, think of good things can do when no longer sick. ↗

— Lydia Kwa

#depression #inspirational #medicine #sick #forgiveness

The ability to forgive is one of man’s greatest achievements. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#forgiveness #forgiving #humanity #forgiveness

I'd like you to know that I have forgiven him. Again and again. Once done, course, back comes the Enemy to persecute and persecute, and I must ante up to God and forgive yet again. ↗

— Jan Karon

#forgiveness

If you could not accept the past and its burden there was no future, for without one there cannot be the other. ↗

— Robert Penn Warren

#history #original-sin #forgiveness

Let's forgive someone for Valentines day, it's a great way to show love, and forgive yourself too for the hurt you held onto. ↗

— Jay Woodman

#forgiveness #held-onto #hurt #hurt-feelings #love

Only through Absolution will you reach the Absolute. ↗

— Toni Petrinovich

#enlightenment #forgiveness #god-s-grace #love #metaphysics

It was known that they were a little acquainted, but not a syllable of real information could Emma procure as to what he truly was. “Was he handsome?” “She believed he was reckoned a very fine young man.” “Was he agreeable?” “He was generally thought so.” “Did he appear a sensible young man; a young man of information?” “At a watering-place or in a common London acquaintance it was difficult to decide on such points. Manners were all that could be safely judged of under a much longer knowledge than they had yet of Mr. Churchill. She believed everybody found his manners pleasing.” Emma could not forgive her. ↗

— Jane Austen

#forgiveness

There will be grace and forgiveness enough, old dog, even for you. I pray you will spare me a drink from that cup, when it overflows for you. - Miles Vorkosigan ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#forgiveness #forgiveness

God forgive me for what I've done. God forgive me for what I will do, and forgive me for what I can't do because my religion won't let me. ↗

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

#forgiveness