Saturday, April 23, 2011

Can you really forgive if you can't forget?

When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free. Because to forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. Sincere forgiveness isn't coloured with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don't worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time.

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. 

Forgiving is life's toughest work. Forgiving seems almost unnatural. Our sense of fairness tells us people should pay for the wrong they do. But remember, it is only the weak that can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Why is it easier to forgive an enemy than it is to forgive a friend?

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