Category: forgiveness

Cherish no resentment

December 27, 2012 | 5 comments

It feels so much better to forgive, let go of the resentment, and love more… You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger. ~ Buddha  Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the

Improve tomorrow

May 30, 2012 | 2 comments

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.   ~ Paul Boese   So often people mistakenly believe forgiveness is about the other person. But it rarely is. It’s about us. It’s so important to forgive

Forgive yourself

April 23, 2012 | 8 comments

At a recent tennis tournament, I lost a match I had my heart set on winning. It was the oddest experience for me, because typically I take match losses very well. But not this one! I internally fussed and fumed about what

The vital importance of forgiveness

September 9, 2011 | 6 comments

  Sometimes people have a hard time forgiving another who did them harm because they believe that forgiving them somehow overlooks the crime and pretends like it never happened.  This is not true.  Forgiveness is never approval of an evil.  Forgiveness does not