Reflection
We wake to the forgiveness of a new day.
We wake to the freedom to begin again.
We wake to the mercy of the sun’s redeeming light.
always new
always gift
always blessing.
We wake to the forgiveness of this new day.
John Philip Newell
Prayer
May our enemy become our friend.
Action
See each day as an opportunity to make a new beginning. Forgive your own flaws and try again. Treat others with understanding and compassion.
Suggested Reading
Blessed are the forgiving for they are free.
Matthew 5:7
The beginning is always today.
Mary Shelley
Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?
L.M. Montgomery
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
Marianne Williamson
It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.
Maya Angelou
Forgiveness is the final form of love.
Reinhold Niebuhr
As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.
Joan Baez