"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 Bird2022-11-14T08:56:30+00:00"In that instant, I realized how much negative energy it takes to hold hatred inside of you."
Gayle Kirschenbaum
Rachel Bird2022-10-03T18:11:52+01:00"I choose to forgive her for my own health and happiness and to free myself from mental angst and bondage."
Pardeep Kaleka
Rachel Bird2023-01-23T15:00:19+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 Bird2022-05-25T19:05:41+01:00"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
Rachel Bird2021-02-25T14:25:28+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
Rachel Bird2021-02-25T14:19:57+00:00"The missing step was embracing my anger in a healthy way."
Scarlett Lewis
Rachel Bird2021-03-30T15:06:27+01:00"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."
Stephanie Cassatly
Rachel Bird2022-11-11T19:31:31+00:00"That brand of forgiveness was for extremists who went on Oprah."
Mary Johnson and Oshea Israel
Rachel Bird2021-02-25T15:33:46+00:00"It was such a healing poem all about the commonality of pain and it showed me my destiny."
Samantha Lawler
Rachel Bird2023-01-25T08:58:45+00:00"Forgiveness is not about forgiving the act but forgiving the imperfections which are inherent in all of us."
Cathy Harrington
Rachel Bird2021-02-25T16:14:30+00:00"Lots of things in life are senseless. There’s so much we can’t explain but we need to be able to love the questions."
Lynette D. Grace
simon2021-02-26T10:47:47+00:00"My mission now is to work with Johnny to offer a story of healing, forgiveness and restoration in the hope of inspiring others."
Arno Michaelis
simon2022-11-14T16:01:45+00:00"Forgiveness is a sublime example of humanity that I explore at every opportunity."
Judith Toy
simon2021-02-26T15:08:34+00:00"I had forgiven Charles, not condoned what he did. And I was still afraid of him."
Sammy Rangel
simon2021-03-04T15:29:56+00:00"In the end, forgiveness released me from the hate that was consuming me."
Lorenn Walker
simon2021-09-28T18:43:21+01:00"Forgiving my attacker was easy...But forgiving myself for what happened took me 25 years."
Terry Caffey
davewilkinson2021-03-05T14:15:14+00:00"I told them that killing these boys will not bring my family back."
Rebecca DeMauro
davewilkinson2021-09-28T18:31:30+01:00"I knew that if something didn’t change I would be in the graveyard, dead from a broken heart, next to my little daughter."
Linda Apo & Marilyn Vierra
davewilkinson2021-03-11T14:31:42+00:00"The Huikahi Restorative Circle helped me go places I’ve never been before, take steps I’ve never taken."
Debbie McLeland
davewilkinson2021-03-11T14:42:21+00:00"I wanted to go to court for justice – not revenge."
Phyllis Rodriguez and Aicha el-Wafi
davewilkinson2021-03-11T17:41:57+00:00"Meeting Aicha gave me strength and took away my anger and bitterness."
Aqeela Sherrills and Calvin Hodges
davewilkinson2021-08-09T10:52:14+01:00"The more you communicate the more difficult it is to commit violence, because you’re no longer isolated or wearing a mask."
Mwalimu Johnson
davewilkinson2021-03-30T14:57:04+01:00"Initially I was unable to entertain any thought of forgiveness, but slowly I came to realize that bitterness only creates bitterness."
Azim Khamisa and Ples Felix
davewilkinson2022-11-14T14:10:05+00:00"We believe that in every crime there is an opportunity to improve society by learning how to prevent that crime from happening again."
Tom Mauser
davewilkinson2021-03-11T18:34:45+00:00"Our goal is to honor Daniel with acts of hope, and not mar our memory of him with anger or hatred or despair."
Bud Welch
davewilkinson2021-03-12T09:14:51+00:00"About a year before the execution I found it in my heart to forgive Tim McVeigh. It was a release for me rather than for him."
Penny Beernsten
davewilkinson2021-05-14T12:21:43+01:00"The most difficult thing in all this is being able to forgive myself."
Celia McWee
davewilkinson2021-03-12T09:19:31+00:00"My anger is entirely directed towards myself for turning my back on my son when he needed me most."
Andrew Rice
davewilkinson2021-09-07T08:56:39+01:00"I’m refusing to fall in line with what 'they' want, which is visceral hatred between two sides; this gives me permission to reconcile."