As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.
― Nelson Mandela

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

Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.
― Marvin J. Ashton

 

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.

The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

 

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.

You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day.
― ML Stedman, The Light Between Oceans

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It was sent to me by a good friend who happens to spend his days outside as a postal carrier. These lovelies were found along his delivery route. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from his smart phone.

Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.
― Anne Lamott

 

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.

Before you can live a part of you has to die. You have to let go of what could have been, how you should have acted and what you wish you would have said differently. You have to accept that you can’t change the past experiences, opinions of others at that moment in time or outcomes from their choices or yours. When you finally recognize that truth then you will understand the true meaning of forgiveness of yourself and others. From this point you will finally be free.
― Shannon Alder

 

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.

In each of us lie good and bad, light and dark, art and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice. We’re each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion fighting to emerge into something solid, something real. We’ve got to forgive ourselves that. I must remember to forgive myself. Because there is a lot of grey to work with. No one can live in the light all the time.
― Libba Bray

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

It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

 

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.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.
― Confucius

 

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.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
― Nelson Mandela

 

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.