Category: forgiveness

Be quick to correct your mistakes

January 31, 2013 | 3 comments

Anyone who has made a mistake and doesn’t correct it, is making another one. ~Unknown When I was a young piano student, my teacher frequently admonished me to stop when I made a recurring mistake in my practice, go back

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