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

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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.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
― Bruce Lee

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Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.
― Henri J.M. Nouwen

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. I happened upon these lovelies during a walk through my neighborhood, and since I can’t resist anything purple… No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

A heart filled with anger has no room for love.
― Joan Lunden, Wake-Up Calls: Making The Most Out Of Every Day

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. I happened upon these fantastic hydrangeas while walking down E. Cary Street near 2nd in downtown Richmond, VA. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

Anger is like flowing water; there’s nothing wrong with it as long as you let it flow. Hate is like stagnant water; anger that you denied yourself the freedom to feel, the freedom to flow; water that you gathered in one place and left to forget. Stagnant water becomes dirty, stinky, disease-ridden, poisonous, deadly; that is your hate. On flowing water travels little paper boats; paper boats of forgiveness. Allow yourself to feel anger, allow your waters to flow, along with all the paper boats of forgiveness. Be human.
― C. JoyBell C.

 

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.

Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People 

 

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.