Lama Surya DasForgiveness means letting go of the hope for a better past.
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Forgiveness means letting go of the hope for a better past. Even in the worst of times, we can always see the beauty in others and can always hope for a better future. When we choose to forgive, we accept that what happened in the past was not our fault and we stop hoping for a different outcome.
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