“If we don't forgive ourselves for our mistakes, and others for the wounds they have inflicted upon us, we end up crippled with guilt. And the soul cannot grow under a blanket of guilt, because guilt is isolating, while growth is a gradual process of reconnection to ourselves, to other people, and to a larger whole.” PeopleIfsSoulEndsWholeGrowsProcessGrowthMistakeForgivingGuiltWoundsBlanketCrippled Author:Joan Z. Borysenko
“Prostrate, see Thy cross I grasp,And Thy pierced feet I clasp;Gracious Jesus, spurn me not;On me, with compassion fraught,Let Thy glances fall.Thy cross of agony,My Beloved, look on me;Turn me wholly unto Thee;"Be thou whole," say openly:"I forgive thee all.” LooksWholeTurnsFallJesusCompassionFeetCrossesForgivingTheeBelovedAgonyGlancesGraciousTurn Me Author:Bernard of Clairvaux
“I would not be like those Authors, who forgive themselves some particular lines for the sake of a whole Poem, and vice versa a whole Poem for the sake of some particular lines. I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer, as the power of rejecting his own thoughts.” BelieveWholeI BelieveLinesParticularForgivingSakeVicesVice VersaGood WritersQualificationsRejecting Book:The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward
“Love is within us. It cannot be destroyed. It can be ignored. To the extent that we abandon love we will feel it has abandoned us. Denying love is our only problem, and embracing it is the only answer. Through the power of love, we can let go of past history and begin again. Love heals, forgives, and makes whole.” FeelsWholeProblemPastAnswersLove IsLetting GoForgivingHealDestroyedAbandonAbandonedIgnoredPower Of LoveBegin AgainLove Heals Author:Ernest Holmes