Not only is forgiveness the most tender part of love, it is always a choice and always accompanied by unconditional love. May you always be forgiving,kind and gracious, especially when others are undeserving.

God is love—He is gracious and forgives.

And then, when there is nothing else between us but love, we can begin to find a way to truly be together.

The point is that although love may die, what is said on its behalf cannot be consumed by the passage of time, and forgiveness is everything.

We all love best not those who offend us least, nor those who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

But perhaps this is all to the good. Perhaps it’s best to live with the possibility that around any corner, at any time, may come the person who reminds you of your own capacity to surprise yourself, to put at risk everything that’s dear to you. Who reminds you of the distances we have to bridge to begin to know anything about one another. Who reminds you that what seems to be—even about yourself—may not be. That like him, you need to be forgiven.