The Past

... we need to view our past from the perspective of everything that we've ever done or not done being over. We can't undo or redo it -- we have the choice to look back at the past either through eyes clouded by ego judgments or through an inspired point of view. We can forgive ourselves or we can shame ourselves.
(Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Inspiration, p. 89)
7 October 2015

Home

There is no better training ground for forgiveness than in the home. The importance of our relationship, the constancy of it, the intimacy and vulnerability all work together to make it likely we'll often fail to live up to each other's expectations.
(Harry & Emily Griffith, This Love We Share, 14 November)
18 May 2014

Strong Marriages

Rain Barrel Presentation - Mr. Dickie

Spouses in strong marriages do not have a tendency to try to be someone they are not. There is no pretense. Each spouse knows the faults and failings of the other, and offers the other acceptance and forgiveness. Love and the marriage can grow when each spouse has made friends with the reality of who the other truly is.
(Cloud & Townsend, God Will Make A Way, p. 129)
24 March 2014

Guilt

The United States ... has never really dealt with its guilt in handling its native people so savagely. It hasn't fully owned up to and sought forgiveness for slavery. We could, even now, show clear, sincere appreciation for the beauty and wisdom of our native ancestors. We could make strong, public resolution to atone for slavery. Without strong, sincere, participatory expressions of remorse on our part, Native Americans carry the moral weight on themselves, and the society as a whole has little access to its original spirituality. African-Americans still struggle for their basic rights and dignity. Like a person burdened with guilt ... [he] may not be aware of, a country can be held back by its failure to deal with its past. (Thomas Moore, Dark Nights Of The Soul, p. 64) 25 February 2013

Forgive Me

When you are willing to acknowledge that you can do better, you become willing to admit to yourself those things for which you need to be forgiven. (Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today! 8 June) 7 September 2012

Right Way / Wrong Way

I am now willing to forgive myself ... for believing that people who do not agree with me are wrong. (Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today! 22 June) 11 August 2012

Compassion and Forgiveness

...remember that many people are simply lost and don't know what they are doing. Though they may not deserve it, they still need your compassion and forgiveness. (The One Year Mini For Men, 9 December) 14/Dec/2010 8:59