“May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.”
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The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.
As we become purer channels for God's light, we develop an appetite for the sweetness that is possible in this world. A miracle worker is not geared toward fighting the world that is, but toward creating the world that could be.
We receive His peace when we ask Him for it. We keep His peace by extending it to others. Those are the keys and there are no others.
The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.
