"Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning."
- Desmond Tutu
True forgiveness can be very much like opening wide all the windows in a house that had become stale and dank due to being shut tight and closed off from interactions with someone or with everyone, or perhaps with the world.
Forgiveness is like letting fresh air sweep through that house, clearing and cleansing it through and through.
Forgiveness refreshes the health of the home within us and reopens us to the richness and fullness of life.
May we release all regrets, resentments, and judgments; be renewed in love, hope, and joy; and face bright beginnings.
Amen,
Charlene
THE FOURTH GIFT IS COMPASSION
May you be gentle with yourself and others.
May you forgive
those who hurt you
and yourself when you make mistakes.
- from The Twelve Gifts of Birth
