Harold Kushner - Overcoming Life's Disappointments (2006)

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Forgiveness is not a matter of exonerating people who have hurt you. They may not deserve exoneration. Forgiveness means cleansing your soul of the bitterness of what might have been, what should have been, and what didn't have to happen.

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Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.

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God is the light shining in the midst of darkness, not to deny that there is darkness in the world but to reassure us that we do not have to be afraid of the darkness because darkness will always yield to light. As theologian David Griffin puts in, God is all-powerful, His power enables people to deal with events beyond their control and He gives us the strength to do those things because He is with us.

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History is written by winners, so most history books are about people who win.

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