Telling the story, acknowledging what has happened and how you feel, is often a necessary part of forgiveness.
– Sharon Salzberg
Related Quotes:
- Forgiveness is a process, an admittedly difficult one that often can feel like a rigorous spiritual practice. – Sharon Salzberg
- When we approach the journey acknowledging what we do not know and what we can’t control, we maintain our energy for the quest. – Sharon Salzberg
- It doesn’t matter what story we’re telling, we’re telling the story of family. – Erica Lorraine Scheidt
- The Djojobojo Prophecy doesn’t just tell you WHAT happened and WHERE it happened…it tells you WHY it happened! – Yvonne B Murtha
- When you write a story you’re telling yourself the story. When you rewrite your main job is taking out all the things that are NOT the story. – Stephen King
- When we feel conflicted about a particular decision or action, our bodies often hold the answer-”if we take the time to stop and tune in. – Sharon Salzberg
- Feel, he told himself, feel, feel, feel. Even if what you feel is pain, only let yourself feel. – PD James
- Acknowledging awesomeness is powerful, contagious, important and necessary! – Tanya Masse
- Good literature boils down to two things: How interesting is the story you are telling, and how interesting is your telling. – Hillel F Damron
- Humans are pattern-seeking story-telling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns, whether they exist or not. – Michael Shermer
- Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us. – Sharon Salzberg
- Forgiveness is the way we break the grip that long-held resentments have on our hearts. – Sharon Salzberg
- We’re in charge of our own forgiveness, and the process takes time, patience, and intention. – Sharon Salzberg
- Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage. – Sharon Salzberg
- And the moral of the story is that you don’t remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened. – John Green
- It could have happened lots of ways. But this is the way it happened. This is the path we took. This is our story. – Jenny Han
- It wasn’t necessary to win for the story to be great, it was only necessary to sacrifice everything. – Donald Miller
- What story will your life tell? Love your story. Live your story. Lead your story. – Richie Norton
- The breath is the first tool for opening the space between the story you tell yourself about love. – Sharon Salzberg
- When we believe a wounding story, our whole world is diminished. – Sharon Salzberg
- So often, fear keeps us from being able to say yes to love-”perhaps our greatest challenge as human beings. – Sharon Salzberg
- When we do our best to treat others with kindness, it’s often a struggle to determine which actions best express our love and care for ourselves. – Sharon Salzberg
- Our senses are often the gateway to our stories. – Sharon Salzberg
- We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us. – Sharon Salzberg
- The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patternsof fear & jealousy. – Sharon Salzberg
- Although love is often depicted as starry-eyed and sweet, love for the self is made of tougher stuff. – Sharon Salzberg
- Anger often makes us hurt ourselves more than any enemy. – Sharon Salzberg
- Forgiveness and restoration are two difference acts. Forgiveness can lead to restoration but restoration is not hinged to forgiveness. – Gary Rohrmayer
- When we pay attention to sensations in our bodies, we can feel that love is the energetic opposite of fear. – Sharon Salzberg
- There is a sentiment common among most of us when it comes to love-”letting go can feel scary. – Sharon Salzberg
- Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive. – Sharon Salzberg
- Learning to treat ourselves lovingly may at first feel like a dangerous experiment. – Sharon Salzberg
- If we define ourselves by each of the ever-changing feelings that cascade through us, how will we ever feel at home in our own bodies and minds? – Sharon Salzberg
- When you change your story that you tell about yourself, you change your life. You can start telling a better story right now. – Sheri Kaye Hoff
- When life gives you the gift of a great story, to not partake in the telling of that story would be a crime against humanity. – AD Posey
- Life is like that. Death sweeps it away. That’s what death is for. That’s why they keep telling this story. It’s the only story. – Catherynne M Valente
- A story is based on what people think is important, so when we live a story, we are telling people around us what we think is important. – Donald Miller
- There is a story behind everything and every story is worth telling… – Anupam Sharma
- Saying thanks to the world, and acknowledging your own accomplishments, is a great way to feel good and stay positive. – Rachel Robins
- Most of the pain we feel is nothing more than a story that needs telling. – Ashly Lorenzana