Friday, Nov. 3, 2023
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Know all and you will pardon all.
— Thomas à Kempis
We are quick to forgive our own transgressions because we know ourselves. We know our weaknesses, motivations, and the combination of influences that go into the decisions we make.
But we don’t know everything that prompts others’ attitudes and behaviors. We have no way of knowing if they are in physical pain, or if they have just suffered some emotional blow. We criticize many people without knowing anything about their experiences. If we were to know more about them, we might be more tolerant. God does know – and forgives everything. We can be forgiving also.
I will remember today that everyone is deserving of my forgiveness.
Hazelden Foundation
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