Forgiveness

“Not to for­give is to be impris­oned by the past, by old griev­ances that do not per­mit life to pro­ceed with new busi­ness. Not to for­give is to yield one­self to another’s con­trol… to be locked into a sequence of act and response, of out­rage and revenge, tit for tat, esca­lat­ing always. The present is end­lessly over­whelmed and devoured by the past. For­give­ness frees the for­giver. It extracts the for­giver from some­one else’s night­mare.” – Lance Morrow