hen we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one. We cannot love when we feel fear…. When we release the fearful past and forgive everyone, we will experience total love and oneness with all.
― Gerald G. Jampolsky 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. This is a royalty-free image by Felix Mittermeier from Pixabay.

Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember.
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. Sometimes I feel like I’m always looking at the sky. I wish I could take pictures of every sky-scape. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

What I cannot love, I overlook.
― Anais Nin

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. I happened upon these interesting flowers during a walk through my neighborhood. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record.
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It turns out you don’t have to make a special trip to a botanical garden to see lovely flowers, just go to your local Home Depot. There were so many lovelies, it was hard to focus in on just a few blooms, so you’ll probably see more of these in future posts. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Love like there’s no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.
― Max Lucado, Every Day Deserves a Chance: Wake Up to the Gift of 24 Hours

Below is the original photo used to create this image. This is a royalty-free image by Felix Mittermeier from Pixabay.

The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either — or both — when needed?
― Gordon B. Hinckley, Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Home

Below is the original photo used to create this image. This is a royalty-free image by Mylene2401 from Pixabay.

Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It turns out you don’t have to make a special trip to a botanical garden to see lovely flowers, just go to your local Home Depot. There were so many lovelies, it was hard to focus in on just a few blooms, so you’ll probably see more of these in future posts. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.
― Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. Sometimes I feel like I’m always looking at the sky. I wish I could take pictures of every sky-scape. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realizing you were the prisoner!
― max lucado

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It turns out you don’t have to make a special trip to a botanical garden to see lovely flowers, just go to your local Home Depot. There were so many lovelies, it was hard to focus in on just a few blooms, so you’ll probably see more of these in future posts. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

You know the incredible thing about hearts is their unbelievable capacity for forgiveness. You’d be amazed what people will overlook when they love someone. (Acheron)
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Devil May Cry

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. I happened upon these interesting flowers during a walk through my neighborhood. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.