“Some tension is necessary for the soul to grow, and we can put that tension to good use. We can look for every opportunity to give and receive love, to appreciate nature, to heal our wounds and the wounds of others, to forgive, and to serve.” GivingLooksSoulUseOpportunityGrowsLove IsAppreciateForgivingWoundsHealTensionRomantic LoveGiving And Receiving Author:Joan Z. Borysenko
“You know, we have moments of passion when we are in pain. And then of course the moment ends, and with it the passion and the pain, and we forgive and forget. But I think that every time you hurt somebody that you care for, a crack appears in your relationship, a little weakening - and it stays there, dangerous, waiting for the next opportunity to open up and destroy everything.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesEndsMomentsCarePainPassionCoursesNextOpportunityWaitingHurtForgetDangerousForgivingCracksOur RelationshipWeakeningForgive And Forget Author:Edith Hahn Beer
“Love is hard to offend and quick to forgive. How easily do you get irritated and offended? Some people live by the motto, “Never pass up an opportunity to get upset with your spouse.” When something goes wrong, they quickly take full advantage of it by expressing how hurt or frustrated they are. But this is the opposite reaction of love.” PeopleHardOpportunityHurtLove IsAdvantageOppositesForgivingReactionsUpsetLive ByFrustratedSpouseMottoOffendedIrritatedLove Is Hard Book:The Love Dare Source: The Love Dare
“Since civilizing children takes the better part of two decades--some twenty years of nonstop thinking, nurturing, teaching, coaxing, rewarding, forgiving, warning, punishing, sympathizing, apologizing, reminding, and repeating, not to mention deciding what to do when--I now understand that one wrong move is invariably followed by hundreds of opportunities to be wrong again.” ThinkingYearsChildrenTwoMovingOpportunityTeachingTwentiesForgivingDecadesWarningApologizingNurturingRemindingDeciding What To DoWrong Move Book:American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie Source: American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie