“The 35 year sober speaker told us that in her experience without memory, there was no healing. And without forgiveness, there can be no future.”
Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.
—Lewis B. Smedes
It is harder to go to an enemy than to a friend, but we find it much more beneficial to us. We go to him ina helpful and forgiving spirit, confessing our former ill feeling and expressing our regret.
— Page 77 Alcoholics Anonymous
