pjthompson | Entries tagged with forgiveness

Random quote of the day:

“It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured. I realized, somehow, through the screaming in my mind, that even in that shackled, bloody helplessness, I was still free: free to hate the men who were torturing me, or to forgive them. It doesn’t sound like much, I know. But in the flinch and bite of the chain, when it’s all you have got, that freedom is a universe of possibility. And the choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life.”

—Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram

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“The trouble with forgiveness is that some people don’t want to be forgiven.”

—Graham Joyce, How to Make Friends with Demons

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“Earth is forgiveness school; let it begin with me.”

—Anne Lamott, Twitterfeed, August 1, 2013

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Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

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“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.”

—August Wilson, quoted by Seattle Repertory Theatre

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

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“It’s all very well to tell us to forgive our enemies: our enemies can never hurt us very much. But oh, what about forgiving our friends?”

—Willa Cather, My Mortal Enemy

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Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Random quote of the day:

“Forgiveness is giving up all hope for a better past.”

—Corinne Edwards, Love Waits on Welcome (edited from Jerry Jampolsky)

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Random quote of the day:

“Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.”

—Chérie Carter-Scott, If Love Is A Game, These Are the Rules

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Random quote of the day:

“Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.”

—Chérie Carter-Scott, If Love Is A Game, These Are the Rules

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

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“Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”

—attributed to Mark Twain

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Random quote of the day:

“Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”

—attributed to Mark Twain

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Random quote of the day:

“It is never too late to forgive . . . and be forgiven.”

—Rebekah Alexander, quoted in Wisdom from World Religions by Sir John Templeton

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Random quote of the day:

“It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed our own.”

—Jessamyn West, To See the Dream

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Random quote of the day:

“It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed our own.”

—Jessamyn West, To See the Dream

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Random quote of the day:

“Forgiveness is always a mystery and a grace, surpassing all miracles.”

—Elizabeth Cunningham, The Passion of Mary Magdalen

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Random quote of the day:

“Forgiveness is always a mystery and a grace, surpassing all miracles.”

—Elizabeth Cunningham, The Passion of Mary Magdalen

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Love is the most heroic choice of all in light of what the world can do to you. Cynicism is the easy way out. If you want a challenge of epic proportions, try practicing unconditional love. Unconditional love doesn't mean accepting bad behavior and doing nothing, it means acceptance despite the bad and enough love to try changing the bad without judging or returning hate.

I wish I could tell you that I practiced love all the time, but I don't. I still have so many dark places inside me, those patches of non-forgiveness, that deep cynical well of betrayed hope, the unappeased anger, the palpitating presence of the imperfect past. The most I can muster is an intermittent flare of love, a moment here and there of something beyond myself and my grievances. I succumb to the dark far more often than I succumb to love.

I keep trying. I have so very far to go, but the fight is worth it. I am not a hero, probably never will be, but the fight is worth it: love in the face of hate, non-judgment in the face of judgment. If I could find a little more of it in myself, it might start radiating outward. If we could all find a little more of it in ourselves, we could truly change the world.

I imagine I'll be calling someone an idiot again soon, or carping about something, or railing or ranting. It's easy. It comes naturally—and I can resist anything but temptation, as Oscar Wilde once said. My knee jerks up and off I go, forgetting all about those fine meditations and aspirations, hip deep in the hurly burly of a harsh and unforgiving world.

But I sure wish I had enough courage to be a hero of love.

Random quote of the day:

“To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody."

—Quentin Crisp, The Naked Civil Servant

(Thanks to

matociquala.)

( Illustrated version. )

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