It is so easy to get sucked into the if-only game, and playing it is a short and slippery slide into despair.
("The Shack")
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Forgiveness is not about forgetting, Mack. It is about letting go of another person's throat.
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So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.
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Forgiveness is first for you, the forgiver...to release you from something that will eat you alive; that will destroy your joy and your ability to love fully and openly. Do you think this man cares about the pain and torment you have gone through? If anything, he feeds on that knowledge. Don't you want to cut that off? And in doing so, you'll release him from a burden that he carries whether he knows it or not--acknowledges it or not.
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Anger is the right response to something that is so wrong. But don't let the anger and pain and loss you feel prevent you from forgiving him and removing your hands from around his neck.
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Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.
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