Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.

Forgiveness is about letting go of the past and not holding on to it

Forgiveness is the letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.

Forgiveness is.... giving up the hope that you can change the past.

Forgiveness is the release of all hope for a better past.

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could be any different.” It’s accepting the past for what it was and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward. — Oprah

Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.

Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.

Forgiveness is the way we return what has been taken from us and restore the love and kindness and trust that has been lost. With each act of forgiveness, whether small or great, we move toward wholeness. Forgiveness is nothing less than how we bring peace to ourselves and our world.

forgiveness is a complex act of consciousness, one that liberates the psyche and soul from the need for personal vengeance and the perception of oneself as a victim.

forgiveness is how we unchain ourselves from the past.

Forgivness is letting go of the hope that the past can be changed

Forgiveness isn't telling someone
it was okay to hurt you.
It's telling yourself
it’s okay to stop hurting.
It doesn’t mean you have
to trust them again.
It means you can learn
to trust yourself again.
It doesn’t mean you have to give
them a free pass back into your life.
It means you are free to
take your life back again.
Forgiveness is simply
emptying your past of its power
to empty your present of its peace.

Forgiveness does not mean condoning or agreeing with a horrendous act. It is a decision to no longer attack one’s self.