Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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Forgiveness means letting go of the past.
Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.
Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.
Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.
Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in.
Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.
Forgiveness is not a one-time thing that happened the day you received Christ. It is an everyday thing, for the rest of your life.
When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.
Forgiveness is a big part of - especially post-civil rights movement - is a big part of African-American Christianity, and I wasn't raised within the Christian church; I wasn't raised within any church.
Asking for forgiveness is just one of the most painful kind of experiences.
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