“When you initially forgive, it is like letting go of a hot iron. There is initial pain and the scars will show, but you can start living again.”
“If you want to live within the definition of your own truth, you have to choose to go through the initially painful and ultimately comforting process of finding it.”
“Forgiveness must be initiated before life can begin.”
“I figured out that I can't forget. I can't really forgive. But I can live. Live with it. Like you live with a scar or a limp or whatever. You always know it's there. It reminds you never to let yourself do anything so stupid and horrible and wrong again. I step out of my rut, step again, and keep stepping. (277)”
“the truth may hurt initially, but it heals much better than the rigid scar caused by a lie!”
“Every second a seeker can start over,For his life's mistakesAre initial draftsAnd not the final version.”