People will constantly bring up my past and throw it in my face, but the Creator of the Universe doesn't. If you ask forgiveness from Him, then it's gone forever. The past is never brought up to shame you or degrade you.
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I don't believe necessarily the past is in the past. It's eternal, it's all around us.
Your past is something you cannot change. You can't live it; it's dead.
I never forgive, but I always forget.
Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.
It's not like I pretend the past doesn't exist or that I'm not proud to be a part of it.
Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it.
There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.
Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.
Forgiveness means letting go of the past.