Quotes About Healing

Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.

Manuka honey bandages. Amelia has scars all over her shoulders and back from barbed-wire wounds.

What I'm finding is that microdoses of LSD or mushrooms may be very helpful for depression because they make you feel better enough that you do something about what's wrong with your life. We've made [depression] an illness. It may be the body's way of saying, 'You better deal with something, because it's making you really sad.

To me, it means using pain to find clarity. If pain is examined and not ignored, it can show you what to excise from your life.

You can't be afraid to show your scars.

Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on."–Criss Jami American poet and author of Salomé: In Every Inch in Every Mile

Do not let your hurt cause you to hate.

Only when we learn experientially the truth that there is a "light that shines in the darkness" (John 1:5), and that to be "within" is above all to encounter the personal presence, the love and healing of our Savior, does this resistance begin to diminish.

holding onto an offense will make you a bitter and unloving person, and you will inevitably damage all your relationships.

Have you ever been hurt by what the other person said?

Yet we are most true to our identity and calling when we live in the midst of broken people.

Do people regularly feel bruised in their relationship with you?

If you choose to face conflict head on, it is full of risks and the potential for great hurt, but it can also be redemptive.

What resulted from our collaboration is not just an examination, but an actual example of broken people in broken community experiencing the reconciling grace of God.

Own whatever personal sin you have brought to the situation.

But on the other, Kurt had left her feeling betrayed. She didn't think she would ever get over it. She wondered whether relationships were worth the risk of this kind of pain.

When we choose to practice true forgiveness, the relationship is not just brought back to where it was before the offense; it actually moves further down the road to maturity.

Forgiveness Involves Canceling a Debt

Forgiveness Is Costly, But Not Forgiving Is More Costly

An entrenched refusal to forgive is a sign that you have not known God's amazing forgiveness yourself.

A failure to forgive someone will change you

Forgiveness is an event and a process

I need to keep practicing forgiveness every time I see you or think of you.

Why is the process of forgiveness so important? Because even if you have forgiven someone for an offense, you will be tempted to think about it the next time you see her, or the next time she sins against you. Without realizing it, you will pile that sin on top of the old sins. This makes it harder and harder to forgive someone.