Chapter 9: Forgiveness

Thank you.

I forgive you.

Will you forgive me?

I forgive myself.

I love you.

Good-bye.

—Raymond Moody and Dianne Arcangel, 2002, Life After Loss: 55.

 

The only way to heal the wounds of the past, ultimately, is to forgive them and let them go.

—Marianne Williamson, Return to Love, 1996: 75.

 

Forgiveness is such a powerful experience that it can, under the right circumstances, heal you emotionally, help the one forgiven, and even heal your relationship.

—Robert Enright, Forgiveness is a Choice, 2001: 263. Read more