choose to love

I received a text yesterday which said, "When we carry unforgiveness, it's as if we move about dragging an anchor never getting anywhere. Let it go. It just isn't worth it.

Choose to love
                                   and experience love."

I thought it was a nice reminder and something that should be shared. I don't think we can love fully if we harbor unforgiveness, which applies to any kind of love, whether brotherly, motherly, or the "at 

  first sight" kind of love. No matter what kind, choosing to love means

                                   bearing all things and defending and holding others up.                                                                                      

           believing all things,                                               

               hoping all things and never giving up.           

                                      enduring all things, persevering and remaining loyal. 

And experiencing love....well that is just something that you'll have to do yourself!

And since it's almost Valentine's day AND I finally found one of my favorite photo shoots of all time (bookmarked this time so I don't lose it!), I just had to post these even though they've been around a while (from Shannon Nicole Smith). You've probably seen these, but either way, pretty much the cutest thing ever.

Reminder

There have been some stories in the news lately that have been a good reminder to appreciate the people I have around me in the present. I think it is important to say how you feel, always forgive, and spend quality time with people you love because experiences and making memories with the ones we love really are the most meaningful things we can do with our lives.

May this weekend bring you time to do something fun, relax, and be around the people you love.

"The difference between holding on to hurt or releasing it with forgiveness is the difference between laying your head at night on a pillow filled with thorns or a pillow filled with rose petals."

-Loren Fischer

"He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass."
-George Herbert

"We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies."

-Voltaire

 

"Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were."

-Cherie Carter-Scott

"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you."

-Unknown

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