forgiveness..

read this in today's TODAY "Focus on the Family" column
tink i've read the same article in those forwarded emails before
thot it's quite meaningful
jot the quote down before i forget

"Forgiveness is giving up my right to hurt you for hurting me. I think that's one of the most profound definitions of forgiveness I've ever heard. It's only when we've truly given up the right to retaliate, that we've truly forgiven."

~Dr. Archibald Hart