I remember everything but forgive anyway.
And I will forget her, yes. That which came together will fall apart slowly, but she will forgive my forgetting, just as I forgive her for forgetting me and the Colonel and nothing but herself and her mom in those last moments as she spent as a person.
For me, one of the reasons I love this form - the personal essay form - is because it's a way of forming an intimacy with the reader. What I'm saying to the reader is: I'm going to tell you something; I'm going to be generous; I'm going to offer. The confession, on the other hand, is sort of an imposition because you're asking the reader to forgive you or somehow exonerate you or say, "Hey, I'm even worse. " But what I'm interested in doing is being generous and offering a perspective or suggesting a way of thinking about something.
Forgiving those who hurt us is the key to personal peace.
Your mind can be your enemy or friend. If you always follow your heart, your mind will feel neglected. If you follow only your mind, your heart will never forgive you. Never ignore your conscience, yet always be conscious of reason. Make your heart and mind friends and you will have peace of mind throughout life's seasons.
Life is short. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly.
Know that people are doing the best they can from their level of awareness. Accept people for who they are and always be ready to forgive.
The greatest virtue is not in forgiving those who apologize, or in being kind to those who are kind to you. The biggest virtue is in forgiving even those who never apologize, and in being kind to even those who are not kind to you.
When you choose not to forgive. . . it is you who are forced every day to look at life through contaminated lenses because you have chosen to keep them.
The Earth forgives the previous year every year.
Women in love sooner forgive great indiscretions than small infidelities.
To forgive someone means to take away the power this person has over you.
When God forgives, He at once restores.
Sometimes it's better to forgive and forget. And sometimes, on the other hand, it's better to leave the friendship.
Ask God for forgiveness. Seek forgiveness from those you have wronged. Forgive those who have wronged you. Forgive yourself.
Forgive me. . . for my love -for ruining you with my love.
Our God is righteous enough to judge and kind enough to forgive.
How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble?
Listen to me. " He grabbed my arms, holding me there. " I couldn't find you. And I will never forgive myself for that. Ever.
I am now willing to forgive myself. . . for believing I could offer something to others before I have offered it to myself.