Though for today

"The best thing is not to hate anyone, only to love. That is the only way out of it. As soon as you have forgiven those whom you hate, you have gotten rid of them. Then you have no reason to hate them; you just forget."
-Hazrat Inayat Khan

I just forgave a person from my childhood this weekend and this is what I felt, it is so good to forgive because slowly you end up forgetting the pain and anger. I confronted this person and for the first time she was willing to listen to my point of view and the end of our conversation left me with so much peace and love? I also realize that forgiving some one is not the same as letting some one hurt you again, and forgiving is not the same as trusting some one again who has betrayed you in the past. I think that I should have done this many years ago but I really wasn't ready then; so much weight has been lifted off my shoulders and I wake up with a smile now.

Another thought for today
My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.
-Elaine Maxwell