Holding on to expectations is often the source of unforgiving feelings.

Positive reinforcement changes behavior for the better, while criticism stabilizes negative behaviors and blocks change.

We will know our forgiveness is complete when we have a genuine desire for the welfare of the people who have wronged us.

Forgiveness is possible even when there is no restitution, no remorse on the part of the perpetrator.

When we have been hurt, slighted, or wounded unfairly, we are not left alone to bear it. We can get on our knees and ask for the Lord's help to forgive.

Humility is to joyfully, voluntarily and quietly submit one's whole life to God's will, to finally use the gift of agency to give one's life back to Him.

Forgiveness is not between me and the one who has hurt me; it is between me and the Lord.

Truth matters. Everything we can do to find, feed, and strengthen it is worth the effort.

Forgiveness doesn't mean we have to pretend someone didn't hurt us.

We mirror God's mercy to us when we forgive another.

Sometimes forgiveness is instant, but sometimes it takes time.

Is a woman a thinking unit at all, or a fraction always wanting its integer?

The first time I sang in the church choir two hundred people changed their religion.

All religions are branches of one big tree.

I appreciate when people listen to the sad songs, because it's almost like telling someone your problems and having them listen with a compassionate ear.

Despite rumors to the contrary, a mime is actually a very satisfying thing to waste.

The biggest frontier opens up in front of us and rather than be afraid of it, we should go forward with courage.

The stellar universe is not so difficult to understand as the real actions of other people, especially of the people with whom we are in love.

I started at the top and worked my way down.

I decided to focus on the things I could control and let go of the things that were out of my hands. That lesson has provided me with great relief; it has brought great things into my life.

All poetry is putting the infinite within the finite.