To Forgive is to Move Forward – Georgia Rule
Just watched a nice movie titled “Georgia Rule”. It revolves around the lives of three women – mother, daughter, and grand daughter, who discovered how it is to forgive, to accept another’s shortcomings, and to continue to love and to fight for what is right.
Here are some of the memorable quotes from the movie:
“This is about knowing the difference between right and wrong, between the truth and a lie. He took that from you. And if you can’t tell the difference, then you can’t trust anyone. And if you can’t trust, you can’t love.” – Simon
Dear Rachel,
My mother always told me: the hardest things to do in life are to trust, to have faith and to forgive.
So I want you to hear the strength in my voice when I say I forgive you because I love you—that simple and that complicated.
To forgive is to move forward. Georgia rule.
Related Posts:
The Path to Forgiveness is the Path to Freedom
We Have a Right to Feel Hurt and Angry
Quotes on Forgiveness
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16 replies on “To Forgive is to Move Forward – Georgia Rule”
Hi Joyce, thanks for stopping by CarryUsOff Books earlier. I’m so glad to be connected to your blog and quotes. I haven’t watched ‘Georgia Rule’ yet but I’m going to look out for it. To trust is really difficult. But to not take the risk to trust will seem like giving up on Love and Faith at the same time, too. The sacrifice seems too big then …
I’m happy to see you here, Claudine! You’re right in saying that to not risk trusting is like giving up already on Faith and Love. And those are definitely the things worth fighting for. 🙂
I have been reading your blog daily for awhile. I seems that you are connecting to things are happening in my daily life. Thanks-I am going to try and get that movie to watch.
Thank you for reading here. 😉 I just caught that movie being shown in the tv this week.
Thanks for stopping by the Overflow this week and leading me here 🙂 I love to meet new blog friends. Your movie quotes make me want to watch that movie. Sounds like a great change from the normal Disney flicks we watch around here with the kids 🙂 Have a great weekend.
Thank you for coming, Alicia! I love your site, I hope you continue to write and inspire people, drawing them closer to Him who loves us most. 😉 Blessings!
By forgiving we heal from within.Loved the Georgia rule Jocelyn 🙂
Thank you, Diana! 😉 Nice to see you here.
Interesting 🙂 I haven’t seen that movie yet. It takes a lot of courage to say we really forgive from the heart than just saying it…
I just saw this movie on ETC this week, Melissa, and it caught my attention. It’s really not easy to forgive.
Hi Joyce love your blog, been following for some time now…to be sure of that I’ve even listed your blog among my top visited blog/websites. I also got your badge, I take off the mask. Really amazing how God confirms His word, two days before you released this article on forgiveness, He gave me the one on forgiveness also (just released today on my blog) Thanks for the inspiration that I gain through your blog each time.
Thank you, Yvonne! Love your blog, too, just visited there. 😉 Thank you also for writing, we all need as much inspiration as we can get. Blessings!
One of my favorite quotes about this topic is at my blog at a post I wrote:
http://cjpwisdomandlife.com/2012/06/20/holding-on-to-anger/
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”
This is SO true. I know people who simply can’t let go. They relish their anger. They haven’t yet awakened to the wisdom that their anger is only hurting them. I’m happy that I understand this now and I no longer hold onto my anger. I speak my peace and then I let it go. Funny. I recently had a challenge with someone. I spoke my peace. I said I didn’t appreciate the comment that was made. Not angry. Just said I didn’t think it was appropriate and I moved on. There was someone else who overheard the comment and she became unhappy as well and said she thought an apology should be made.
Later on I was fine and this other person was STILL fuming over something that had happened NOT to them but to me. They came up to me and said:
I can’t figure you out, Chris. Here I am still fuming mad and you’ve already moved on.
I could only shrug my shoulders and say:
Yeah it’s a shame you haven’t yet learned that holding grudges only hurts you.
—
Chris
BTW:
Thanks for commenting on my “Dreaming” post
I’m glad to see you here, Chris. What you said about anger and fuming is true. Holding that kind of grudge only hurts you and continues to hurt you until you’re able to let it go. 😉
Likewise, not to forgive is to stay stuck in the quagmire.
I have found that with each opportunity to forgive comes new freedom to move on. And isn’t it wonderful to have a roadmap with which to travel this journey called life?
That’s true, Debra. We can choose to live with our regrets or we can move on and live. We are often given signs to follow, even a roadmap to guide us, but we choose to ignore it and we remain stuck where we don’t really want to be.