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Forgiveness involves faith in a love that’s greater than hatred and a willingness to see the light in somone’s soul even when there personality has harbored darkness.
Forgiveness doesn’t mean that someone didn’t act horribly; it simply means that we choose not to focus on their guilt.
In focusing on it we make it real for us, and in making it real to us, we make it real for us.
The only way to deliver ourselves from vulnerability to other people’s behavior is by identifying with the part of them that lies beyond their bodies.
We can look beyond others’ behavior to the innocence in their souls.
In doing so we not only free them from the weight of our condemnation but we free ourselves as well.
That is the miracle of forgiveness.
Forgiveness doesn’t mean that someone didn’t act horribly; it simply means that we choose not to focus on their guilt.
In focusing on it we make it real for us, and in making it real to us, we make it real for us.
The only way to deliver ourselves from vulnerability to other people’s behavior is by identifying with the part of them that lies beyond their bodies.
We can look beyond others’ behavior to the innocence in their souls.
In doing so we not only free them from the weight of our condemnation but we free ourselves as well.
That is the miracle of forgiveness.
— marianne williamson ~ the age of miracles
