STORIES HAVE THE POWER TO TRANSFORM
The Forgiveness Project shares stories of forgiveness in order to build hope, empathy and understanding.
STORIES HAVE THE POWER TO TRANSFORM
The Forgiveness Project shares stories of forgiveness in order to build hope, empathy and understanding.
Karsten Mathiasen
"At first, I thought I was the great forgiver, but in the end I was the one to ask for forgiveness."
Jude Whyte
"Most people don’t ever forgive because they see it as stampeding on the memory of their loved ones."
Dr. Chuck Sandstrom
"To borrow from Harold Kushner, forgiveness is first and foremost a way of seeing. It cannot change the facts about the world we live in but it can change the way we see those facts."
Francis & Berthe Climbié
"To be locked into a fixed attitude of retribution is to kill a child twice."
Geoff Thompson
"Forgiveness is pragmatic. It offers a real and lasting vengeance."
Scarlett Lewis
"So please honour Jesse’s memory by consciously changing an angry thought into a loving one, to make this a better world."
Anne Gallagher
"We listen to people’s stories, but we don’t judge them. There’s healing in that."
Karsten Mathiasen
"At first, I thought I was the great forgiver, but in the end I was the one to ask for forgiveness."
Jude Whyte
"Most people don’t ever forgive because they see it as stampeding on the memory of their loved ones."
Dr. Chuck Sandstrom
"To borrow from Harold Kushner, forgiveness is first and foremost a way of seeing. It cannot change the facts about the world we live in but it can change the way we see those facts."
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP
Self-forgiveness: Making meaning as a foundation for change
This online workshop invites participants to deeply listen, reflect and explore through creative writing prompts how making meaning can support us to reconcile ourselves with what has gone before and journey toward self-forgiveness.
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Clinging onto Hope
A conversation with a Palestinian and an Israeli father
How can we harness hope and hold onto humanity as the Israel-Palestine conflict intensifies global divisions? In this recording The Forgiveness Project’s founder, Marina Cantacuzino, talks to Bassam Aramin, a Palestinian and Rami Elhanan, an Israeli, whose lives were brought together by grief.
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Clinging onto Hope
A conversation with a Palestinian and an Israeli father
How can we harness hope and hold onto humanity as the Israel-Palestine conflict intensifies global divisions? In this recording The Forgiveness Project’s founder, Marina Cantacuzino, talks to Bassam Aramin, a Palestinian and Rami Elhanan, an Israeli, whose lives were brought together by grief.
