"It is through forgiveness that I have repossessed what was stolen from me and put it back where it rightfully belongs."
Stacy Bannerman
kata2021-02-25T10:36:12+00:00"Forgiveness won’t change the past, but it can change the present, which is where the future starts."
Zak Ebrahim
Rachel Bird2021-02-25T10:47:02+00:00"In that instant, I realized how much negative energy it takes to hold hatred inside of you."
Gayle Kirschenbaum
Rachel Bird2021-02-25T14:03:07+00:00"I choose to forgive her for my own health and happiness and to free myself from mental angst and bondage."
Pardeep Kaleka
Rachel Bird2021-02-25T09:26:09+00:00"We decided we needed to reach out and get to know our neighbours, making contributions to our community and learning together."
Mathew Shurka
Rachel Bird2021-02-25T14:09:32+00:00"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."
Liz Stone
Rachel Bird2021-02-25T14:12:01+00:00"Softly the answer came; ‘forgiveness is mine to give, his reaction is irrelevant’."
Matthew Boger and Tim Zaal
chloe2021-02-25T14:25:28+00:00"I knew the only way to get past what had happened so that it would no longer dictate my life was to forgive him."
Brenda Adelman
chloe2021-02-25T14:19:57+00:00"The missing step was embracing my anger in a healthy way."
Scarlett Lewis
Rachel Bird2021-02-25T14:24:13+00:00"So please honour Jesse’s memory by consciously changing an angry thought into a loving one, to make this a better world."
Dr. Chuck Sandstrom
Rachel Bird2021-02-25T14:39:06+00:00"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."
Ish Kode Bish Iki / Morris (Doc) Mosay
Rachel Bird2021-02-25T14:36:33+00:00"The abuse remains embedded within my people. It is very difficult to step outside the historical trauma that perpetuates."