I Believe In Forgiveness Stories of Experiences

The more you forgive, the more you will hurt less. Although forgiving someone cannot immediate but striving to forgive those who hurt you is worth it. Forgiving yourself is the hardest. You usually forgive the anyone before yourself. We...

When someone truly forgives, it is done. The power of forgiveness is too great for them to remind you of whatever was done in the past. The next step is forgiving yourself-which is sometimes the most difficult. But remember. If God...

forgiveness is the hardest thing to do, it really is.Either you are forgiving yourself or someone else. it might be the last thing on your mind but you gotta let go. what happened, happened. life really is too short to waste time on...

They may appear simple and sometimes easy.. but they are powerful, they can change people's perspective and actions.... Sometimes it is hard, but it can set you free from hardships and hurtful and poisonous feelings and thoughts...

1. FORGIVENESS IS NOT DENYING, APPROVING, OR DIMINISHING SIN THAT IS COMMITTED AGAINST US.We cannot say we are fine, that it was no big deal, or that, since it was in the past, we've just moved on. We must be honest about the reality...

It is important to be able to forgive because being angry and hurt only harms oneself and those around you who care.. By forgiving the one(s) who have wronged us we can diminish and eventually lose the feelings of anger and hurt. In a...

I'm going back east soon to visit a friend of mine and help him pack up a huge household of accumulated stuff. He's moving to the same city I live in, and I am very excited about this. He's a good friend, one of my best, and I've known...

I believe there is so much power in forgiveness. Simply saying " I forgive you" is easy, but really letting go of the bitterness, and resentment, hard feelings that may still linger is the hard part.
There have been so many people in...

A friend asked me today how I felt about my biological mother literally disappearing from my life when I was a baby. I was under six months old at the time. I had not thought of it in so long it really came as a shock to me a few hours...

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

~Mahatma Gandhi~

Forgive others not necessarily because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace

I read in the book "8 habits of Love" that Nelson Mandela introduced a forgiveness and reconciliation agenda when he was freed from prison and took his place of leadership in South Africa.

Anyone who had committed a crime in the prior...

When I went on a parenting course the other day we were given a DVD to watch about how babies brains form and make connections. They are using their instinct and primitive brain and the connections are formed from there on experience...

I've been out of town for over 3 months. I went to help my sister who gave birth to twins and was suffering from post partum depression. Her babies also had a struggle when they were born.  One of them couldn't breathe on his own...

When you think that I don't deserve to be loved is when I need it the most.

I think that is a Swedish proverb, but I'm not sure. I remember hearing it a long time ago, and it's one of those things that has just stuck with me.

We all...

I had been in therapy for 15 years and had come to a point I thought it was time for me to confront my parents about my childhood. I hadn't had any contact with them since I had left the cult, and decided to drive the two-day trip to...

People often associate forgiveness with closer. Not realizing that forgiving someone does not mean forgetting what they have done to you. I do believe in forgiving those who've done wrong to you but do you blame me for not forgetting...

I think Forgiving someone does not automatically exclude you from saying No, I am done. Saying no and saying you are forgiven can go hand in hand. It simply says, yes i will forgive you, but i will not allow you to hurt me again.
I...

I will not hold the past against you cause I wouldn't want anyone to hold mine against me. We all make mistakes. We're only human and there is plenty of times when I know I regret some things I have done. So why should I expect someone...

My son's birthday was yesterday and 5 family members neglected to acknowledge it. He turned 12. Only 2 family members even acknowledged his birthday. I feel so sad inside. He told me it was okay and that they would all remember his...