Forgiveness is truly the grace by which we enable another person to get up, and get up with dignity, to begin anew.
TUTU DESMONDThe path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation.
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Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering–remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened.
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A person is a person through other persons.
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Dear Child of God, I write these words because we all experience sadness, we all come at times to despair, and we all lose hope that the suffering in our lives and in the world will ever end.
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Forgiveness is simply about understanding that every one of us is both inherently good and inherently flawed.
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Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.
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To protect our children, we must talk to them about rape.
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We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are made for all of the beautiful things that you and I know.
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We do not heal in isolation. When we reach out and connect with one another—when we tell the story, name the hurt, grant forgiveness, and renew or release the relationship—our suffering begins to transform.
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Much depends on your attitude. If you are filled with negative judgment and anger, then you will feel separate from other people. You will feel lonely.
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The path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation.
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Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.
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Life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives
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Out of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order.
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Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone’s back.
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We are not responsible for what breaks us, but we can be responsible for what puts us back together again. Naming the hurt is how we begin to repair our broken parts.
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