Quotes About Healing

To heal physically, one must heal the emotional aspect of the issue first or it will resurface in another way.

Stop harboring grudges against those who have wronged you, it just holds you back when you really want to be in the NOW.

When you forgive, it does not mean that you have submitted, it simply means that you have made a choice to stop bearing any grudge.

The fastest way to get lost is to go on a guilt trip!

The heart is where the journey of forgiveness begins.

Do not allow your sad past to rule your present situation. Unlike a tango, it does not take to two to forgive.

This pain you are avoiding is a very necessary pain that will make you strong again.

We are often so convinced that we are so hurt and in pain, so much so that we opt not to forgive. Yet, as a consequence, that is what will make you weak!

When you truly love yourself, you do not accept abusive relationships, because you know you deserve better.

Failing to forgive yourself for certain wrongs you committed in the past can create self-dislike.

Assuming you are still lost in thought about when exactly you should forgive someone, well the time is NOW.

The purpose of forgiveness is not to make sure that someone ends up changing into what you expect them to be, as this is dominance. The purpose is actually to make your own life better, more worthy and less stressful. Forgiveness reduces the hold that the wrongdoer has over you and empowers you.

In the process of forgiveness, you can only control your own actions and decisions.

The minute we put aside our self-righteousness and move away from being the aggrieved, then we are on a healing process.

Sometimes we are very convinced that what we went through needs to be re-lived so we end up going back and forth to the demons of the past and eventually we fail to get over them.

The idea of forgiveness is a journey that requires patience. If the journey of forgiveness is well travelled, there is a chance that we are bound to change in a very helpful way.

The moment we become forgivers, then we are in line to enjoy the benefits of forgiveness.

When you make up your mind to forgive, your happiness will almost automatically follow.

Forgiveness does not change the past, that's for sure, but it does change the future.

I had forgotten the fact that I had been raped, something no one would understand, how could anyone forget something as traumatic as being raped?

What you have suffered after you have healed will make perfect sense. You will be able to smile at how you overcome the tears of pain.

We invent what we need to get us by, but in doing so we are really continuing to hold on to the pain of yesterday.

You can learn to heal yourself, learn to understand that the pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow!

Pain can cause us to learn no end of lessons, but without resolution there can be no healing!