God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

It's not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgivernourselves. For the things we didn't do. read more

It's not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgivernourselves. For the things we didn't do. The things we should have done. I think forgiving yourself is more important than forgiving anyone else and it's often the hardest.

Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,
And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;
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Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,
And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;
For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man
Is blackened--Man's forgiveness give and take!

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.

Bear and forbear.

Bear and forbear.

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles,a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your read more

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles,a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.