Quotes About Forgiveness

We need to choose to release the past and forgive everyone, ourselves included. We may not know how to forgive, and we may not want to forgive, but the very fact that we say we are willing to forgive begins the healing process. It is imperative for our own healing that "we" release the past and forgive everyone. "I forgive you for not being the way I wanted you to be. I forgive you and I set you free.

Whenever we are ill, we need to search our hearts to see who it is we need to forgive. The Course in Miracles says that "all disease comes from a state of unforgiveness," and that "whenever we are ill, we need to look around to see who it is that we need to forgive.

You forgive that person and then you release them. Taking a stand and setting healthy boundaries is often the most loving thing you can do—not only for yourself, but for the other person as well.

Love is always the answer to healing of any sort. And the pathway to love is forgiveness. Forgiveness dissolves resentment. There

The Course in Miracles says that "all disease comes from a state of unforgiveness," and that "whenever we are ill, we need to look around to see who it is that we need to forgive.

How hard it is for most of us to understand that THEY, whoever they are we need most to forgive, were also in pain. We need to understand that they were doing the best they could with the understanding, awareness, and knowledge they had at that time.

1. We are each responsible for our experiences. 2. Every thought we think is creating our future. 3. Everyone is dealing with the damaging patterns of resentment, criticism, guilt, and self-hatred. 4. These are only thoughts, and thoughts can be changed. 5. We need to release the past and forgive everyone. 6. Self-approval and self-acceptance in the "now" are the keys to positive change. 7. The point of power is always in the present moment.

loving the self begins with never, ever criticizing ourselves for anything.

I would add to that concept that the very person you find it hardest to forgive is the one YOU NEED TO LET GO OF THE MOST. Forgiveness means giving up, letting go. It has nothing to do with condoning behavior. It's just letting the whole thing go. We do not have to know HOW to forgive. All we need to do is to be WILLING to forgive. The Universe will take care of the hows.

Now visualize your mother as a little girl of four or five, frightened and looking for love and not knowing where to find it. Reach out your arms and hold this little girl and let her know how much you love her, how much you care. Let her know she can rely on you to always be there, no matter what. When she quiets down and begins to feel safe, let her get very small, just the size to fit into your heart. Put her there with your own little child. Let them give each other lots of love.

Treat yourself as you would treat anyone you really love.

If you want to heal a relationship, the first relationship you need to improve is the one with yourself.

Everybody is doing the best they can, including me.

KNEE: Forgiveness, tolerance, compassion. I move forward without hesitation.

We do not have to know HOW to forgive. All we need to do is to be WILLING to forgive. The Universe will take care of the hows. We

You can forgive in the mirror, too. Forgive yourself and forgive others.

Dr. John Harrison states that forgiveness of both the self and the parents, coupled with the release of past hurts, cures more illness than any antibiotic ever could.

most BLADDER problems come from being "pissed off," usually at a partner. Something

HIP: I joyfully move forward supported and sustained by the power of life. I move into my greater good. I am secure. (Arthritis): Love. Forgiveness. I let others be themselves and I am free.

What was done in the past is done, and it is over now. But this is present time, and you now have the opportunity to treat yourself the way you wish to be treated. A frightened child needs comforting, not scolding. Scolding yourself only makes you more frightened, and there is nowhere to turn.

Forgiveness opens our hearts to self-love. Many of us carry grudges for years and years. We feel self-righteous because of what they did to us. I call this being stuck in the prison of self-righteous resentment. We get to be right. We never get to be happy.

One of our biggest spiritual lessons is to understand that everyone is doing the best they can at any given moment. People can only do so much with the understanding, awareness, and knowledge that they have.

However, I Would Not Blame Our Parents for This

Don't judge yourself for not being with the person or doing enough for the person while he or she was alive.