Forgiveness is not the absence of vengefulness. It's feeling the fullness of a righteous, justified grief at a genuine injury, & choosing mercy instead. It's a reclamation of dignity & power.
It's not saying there was never a debt! Only that it doesn't have to be paid back.
Vivid Voidx.comForgiveness is not the absence of vengefulness. It's feeling the fullness of a righteous, justified grief at a genuine injury, & choosing mercy instead. It's a reclamation of dignity & power. It's not saying there was never a debt! Only that it doesn't have to be paid back.
To forgive is to make a decision to cancel a debt that you are owed and not to hold it against your offender.
John M. Perkins • One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love
Forgiveness is to offer no resistance to life — to allow life to live through you. The alternatives are pain and suffering, a greatly restricted flow of life energy,
Eckhart Tolle • The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Perdoar não é esquecer, mas é decidir que aquilo que um dia te fez sofrer hoje não te faz mais. Perdoar não é algo emocional, é racional,