Forgive, as you hope to be forgiven.

What if I forgave myself? What if I forgave myself even though I’d done some things I shouldn’t have? What if I was sorry, but if I could go back in time I wouldn’t do anything different from what I’d done? What if yes was the right answer instead of no? What if all those things I shouldn’t have done were what got me here? What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?

You have to say I am forgiven again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself.

I say to myself that I can forgive those who tortured me, those who detained me, those who perpetrated hideous crimes against me. I can even forgive the state. But I want to guarantee that my daughters won’t experience the same fate as me.

If you feel sincerely sorry on account of your sins, and believe that Christ is able and willing to forgive you, the work is done. You may trust with all the confidence of a child who confesses his fault, and casts himself into his father's arms. This is faith; a simple trust in the power and willingness of the Father to forgive, for the sake of what Christ the Son has done.

Therefore, dark past,
I’m about to do it.
I’m about to forgive you

for everything.

I wanted you to forgive me for being me,” he said, “and having to be what I am, and do what I have done.” A smile passed over his lips. “Just as you might ask me to forgive you for being you.

What if I forgave myself even though I'd done something I shouldn't have?

If we can forgive what’s been done to us . . .
If we can forgive what we’ve done to others . . . If we can leave all of our stories behind. Our being villains or victims. Only then can we maybe rescue the world.

You will forgive because you love yourself so much that you don’t want to keep hurting yourself for whatever happened. Whatever happened is done and cannot be changed. And we have to accept that and keep going with our life. — Don Miguel Ruiz

I can freely forgive you, and I pray God to forgive you. It is God that forgives you; I am but your fellow-servant.

Today I decided to forgive you. Not because you apologized, or because you acknowledged the pain that you caused me, but because my soul deserves peace.

The more I prayed for my enemies, the softer my heart became. When I felt real forgiveness, my heart was set free. If I can do it, all of you can do it too.

my own growth requires me to be able to forgive.