"I choose to forgive her for my own health and happiness and to free myself from mental angst and bondage."

"But my anger is positive – it gives me the drive to continue what I’m doing."

"We decided we needed to reach out and get to know our neighbours, making contributions to our community and learning together."

"At first, I thought I was the great forgiver, but in the end I was the one to ask for forgiveness."

"In the past I’d always perceived him as this horrible man who didn’t understand or care for me, but now I just saw a father who loved his son."

"Softly the answer came; ‘forgiveness is mine to give, his reaction is irrelevant’."

"I knew the only way to get past what had happened so that it would no longer dictate my life was to forgive him."

"The missing step was embracing my anger in a healthy way."