You will not be able to flourish if you continue to be validated for your pain. Resentment is like drinking poison and hoping it will kill your enemies. Speak silently into the heart of the person who hurt you.
The lessons you learnt through this pain are INVALUABLE. True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.” Oprah Winfrey | Quotes on Forgiveness You deserve more, than to live your life in the continued suffering of past hurts. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Holding onto anger, resentment, blame and hatred over what happened does not serve you. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that. Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. 9 Powerful Quotes On Forgiveness To Help You Release The Pain Of The Past 1. In order to heal from our pain, we must learn to forgive. So we clench tightly, convinced of their necessity. We convince ourselves that if we were to let go of our story, we would be vulnerable to the pain happening again.
They become like painful heavy bricks that weigh down our hearts and stop us from growing. When we carry these stories around with us we hold onto anger, fear and blame. What happened to us, and how it affected our lives. And so to ensure it doesn’t happen again, we create a story about the pain. When we experience pain – we feel wronged, hard done by – cheated.
