C. S. Lewis Quotes

Forgiveness means accepting what is or what has been and becoming willing to see it differently. You cannot un-hear what you have heard or un-see what you have seen. What you can do is stop believing that what occurred has somehow left you broken, damaged and wounded. While forgiveness ain’t easy, it’s the most important inner work you can do within your mind and heart.

Though I can't change what happened, I can choose how to react. And I don't want to spend the rest of my life being bitter and locked up.

There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good.

In the end, you have to forgive in order to heal and move forward with your life. For people who hurt you very deeply, you don't have to forgive them for their sake but for your sake, so that you can move forward and have a healthier and happier life.

Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

As a human being, it's in your nature, when somebody says something about you negatively, to defend yourself and lash back. That's what we all have to learn not to do. You have to forgive a person. And when you forgive a person, you have to forgive yourself.

Have you recently been through a challenge, disappointment, break up or disloyalty with somebody in your life? If so, it's important after you've been hurt, to take some time to think like a lion tamer about your pain, so you can tame the possibility of more negativity coming back to bite you again!

For me, the healing process starts with graciousness and forgiveness.

I'm learning to let go of the idea of trying to be perfect.

The biggest lesson I’ve learned is, “It’s okay.” It’s okay for me to be kind to myself. It’s okay to be wrong. It’s okay to get mad. It’s ok to be flawed. It’s okay to be happy. It’s okay to move on.

The door to my heart opens inward. I move through forgiveness to love.

Forgiveness is a scalpel that removes emotional scars.

Forgiveness doesn't sit there like a pretty boy in a bar. Forgiveness is the old fat guy you have to haul up a hill.

Forgiveness will not be possible until compassion is born in your heart.

Life is too short to waste time harboring bad feelings about anyone. Forgive, forget, then move on!

People spend thousands in therapy digging and digging in the past. When you dig and dig, you find relics. Try to forgive yourself and get back on that ride.

The more difficult it is to forgive someone the greater the opportunity for spiritual growth.

Forgiveness leads to a shift in perception. It transforms the hurt into healing.

I guess forgiveness, like happiness, isn’t a final destination. You don’t one day get there and get to stay.

Of all things we mortals are called upon to do, the most difficult is forgiveness; in order to truly do it, you will probably have to behave as if you already have forgiven for quite a while before you have actually done so.

When we forgive and let go, not only does a huge weight drop off your shoulders, but the doorway to your own self-love opens.

Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself

Forgive everybody for everything. Just forgive and start - most of us can't start with ourselves. We have to forgive the people we think did things to us. So that's fine. Start there - wherever. Start with the dog who peed on the rug. I don't care where you start, just do it.

It's so important to forgive people for their wrongs in your own life because every bit of it was for a reason-it was to form the person that you are.