“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
“By the sympathy of your human hearts for sin ye shall scent out all the places whether in church, bedchamber, street, field, or forest where crime has been committed, and shall exult to behold the whole earth one stain of guilt, one mighty blood spot.” HumansHeartHas BeensWholeEarthChurchSinBloodStreetsCrimeFieldsGuiltCommittedForestsSpotsScentHuman HeartStains Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne