Wise Word From a Wise Man

• Without forgiveness, we remain tethered to the person who harmed us.
• We are bound with chains of bitterness, tied together, trapped.
• Until we can forgive the person who harmed us,
• that person will hold the keys to our happiness; that person will be our jailor.
• When we forgive, we take back control of our own fate and our feelings.
• We become our own liberators.
• Forgiveness, in other words, is the best form of self-interest.
• This is true both spiritually and scientifically.
• We don’t forgive to help the other person.
• We don’t forgive for others.
• We forgive for ourselves.
• - Desmond Tutu (Archbishop Emeritus and recipient of Nobel Peace Prize)