Positive reinforcement changes behavior for the better, while criticism stabilizes negative behaviors and blocks change.

We will know our forgiveness is complete when we have a genuine desire for the welfare of the people who have wronged us.

Forgiveness is possible even when there is no restitution, no remorse on the part of the perpetrator.

Out-of-whack emotions are always a good beginning point for identifying beliefs that aren't really true, an easy red flag for our inquiry. Exaggerated emotions of anxiety or discouragement invite us to trace them back to the thoughts that are creating them.

Holding on to expectations is often the source of unforgiving feelings.

When we have been hurt, slighted, or wounded unfairly, we are not left alone to bear it. We can get on our knees and ask for the Lord's help to forgive.

Positive reinforcement changes behavior for the better, while criticism stabilizes negative behaviors and blocks change.