Quotes for today...

• To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.  Lewis Smedes
• Forgiveness says you are given another change to make a new beginning.  Desmond Tutu
• Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.  Mark Twain
• The weak can never forgive -forgiveness is an attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi
• The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.  Thomas Szasz
• All major religious traditions carry basically the same message; that is love, compassion and forgiveness.  The important thing is that they should be part of our daily lives. Dalai Lama
• I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the  perpetrator...forgiveness liberates the victim.  It is a gift that you give to yourself.  T.D. Jakes
• Without forgiveness life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.  Roberto Assagioli
• When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel,  Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.  Katherine Ponder
• Forgiveness is the remission of sins.  For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.  Saint Augustine

Ok...an ongoing practice in order to find yes, peace and purpose is to forgive.   Grace for your day.