#stephen-richards-author

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I was lifted from the darkness I endured into the person I am today.

Stephen Richards

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We invent what we need to get us by, but in doing so we are really continuing to hold on to the pain of yesterday.

Stephen Richards, The Pain You Feel Today Is The Strength You Feel Tomorrow

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The purpose of forgiveness is not to make sure that someone ends up changing into what you expect them to be, as this is dominance. The purpose is actually to make your own life better, more worthy and less stressful. Forgiveness reduces the hold that the wrongdoer has over you and empowers you.

Stephen Richards, The Pain You Feel Today Is The Strength You Feel Tomorrow

[thepersonalwords]

It is how hard you want, what you want that gets it.

Stephen Richards

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Distancing yourself from some painful event is probably the ignition for the process of forgiveness.

Stephen Richards, The Pain You Feel Today Is The Strength You Feel Tomorrow

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You can learn to heal yourself, learn to understand that the pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow!

Stephen Richards, The Pain You Feel Today Is The Strength You Feel Tomorrow

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If we studied the issue of forgiveness with a wider perspective, we are bound to opt for it after all.

Stephen Richards, The Pain You Feel Today Is The Strength You Feel Tomorrow

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You are born, you live and then you die. But when you forgive you are free to live again!

Stephen Richards