To Forgive Is to Remember

To forgive

Is not to forget.

To forgive

Is really to remember

That nobody is perfect...

That each of us stumbles

When we want so much to stay upright,

That each of us says things

We wish we had never said,

That we can each forget that love

Is more important than being right.

To forgive is really to remember

That we are so much more

Than our mistakes,

That we are often more kind and caring,

That accepting another's flaws

Can help us accept our own.

To forgive is to remember

That the odds are pretty good that

We might soon need to be forgiven ourselves,

That life sometimes gives us more

Than we can handle gracefully.

To forgive

Is to remember

That we have room in our hearts

To begin again

And again,

And again.

~ Author Unknown ~

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