“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and realize
that prisoner was you.”
Lewis B. Smedes
Nothing hurts more than resentment. When you sit around reliving painful stories, feeling angry and justified, it doesn’t right past wrongs. It doesn’t teach people how to treat you. It doesn’t in any way heal you.
All anger does is force you to relive a moment that’s come and gone. And all that dwelling can actually cause you emotional and physical disease–stress, anxiety, depression, high blood pressure, stomach ulcers, and even heart attack.
Every day we have a choice as to what we see in the world, and it starts in where we focus our thoughts.
Forgiveness sets you free.
It allows you to experience all the kindness in front of you without the weight of the hurtful behind you.
Only we can open our eyes to what’s good in our today by releasing the bad in yesterday.
What do you need to let go of today to create space for peace?
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