...the cycle of reprisal and counter reprisal that had characterized their national history had to be broken and that the only way to do this was to … - Desmond Tutu

Without forgiveness, there's no future.

I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this. I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place.

Giving the emotion a name is the way we come to understand how what happened affected us. After we’ve told the facts of what happened, we must face our feelings. We are each hurt in our own unique ways, and when we give voice to this pain, we begin to heal it.

You are made for perfection, but you are not yet perfect. You are a masterpiece in the making.