Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
Tending to ourselves, we tend the world. Tending the world, we tend ourselves.
When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.
The words of the Buddha offer this truth: ∼ Hatred never ceases by hatred but by love alone is healed.
No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.