This is a lesson I must
learn
if I am to be at peace
too long have I let
pain,
hurt hold, constrain me
not letting go of this
A lesson I must learn,
first,
to be at peace, whole,
“The first to apologize
is the bravest.
The first to forgive is
the strongest.
The first to forget is
the happiest.”
But maybe even more
important
another, deeper lesson,
to grow, to live,
to be able to forgive
without forgetting
knowing the pain
someone caused
yet choosing to forgive
them
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new October 21, 2014
to forgive without
forgetting
based on profile quote of
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
“Forgiving is not
forgetting; it's actually remembering—
remembering and not using
your right to hit back.
Mpho and Desmond Tutu for
the #Forgiveness Challenge”
Forgiveness Challenge
The Book of Forgiving
by Archibishop Desmond Tutu
and Reverend Mpho Andrea Tutu
and story of Corrie ten Boom
about forgiving former Nazis
&
edited October 20, 2014
a lesson I must learn
edited October 20, 2014
a lesson I have not learned
– v2
October 17,
2014
a lesson I
have not learned
“The first
to apologize is the bravest.
The first
to forgive is the strongest.
The first
to forget is the happiest.”
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