I Take off the MASK!

Knowing something is not the same as learning from what you know. – Joyce, itakeoffthemask.com

Quotes on Forgiveness

“I want to forgive because God has already forgiven me and loved me, not because I want to deserve God’s forgiveness and love.” – Joyce, itakeoffthemask.com

“When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive” –  Alan Paton quotes

“If you say that forgetfulness is all that you need to forgive, it’s like saying your wounds have healed just because you forgot you had them. Wounds don’t heal by forgetting.” – Joyce, The Path to Forgiveness as the Path to Freedom

“Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury” –  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“Sincere forgiveness isn’t colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don’t worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time.” – Sara Paddison

“He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.” – George Herbert

“We are never as vulnerable as when our loved ones need our help, but it is beyond our capacity to help them.” – Joyce, itakeoffthemask.com

(During such times, let God be our help and the help of our loved ones.)

“It is often by taking uncommon roads, that we attain uncommon joys and triumphs.” – Joyce, itakeoffthemask.com

“Too many blessings have not been given, all because we failed to ask.” – Joyce, itakeoffthemask.com