I can forgive, but I cannot forget,
is only another way of saying,
I will not forgive.
Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--
torn in two, and burned up,
so that it never can be shown against one.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Saturday, May 2, 2009
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so very true but so very difficult (at times) to do.
I am learning that forgiveness is sometimes very difficult to do and sometimes takes a lot of time- but is necessary to truly move on.
I always think of forgiving as a way of freeing myself ... until I forgive, my feelings fester like a cancer inside me. I am the loser. I win when I shed and let go. I am then lighter ... and truly free.
Guess I am saying that I forgive often for purely selfish reasons!
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