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Fragrance of Forgiveness
<p>“Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” — Mark Twain</p><p><br/></p><p>I came across this quote while reading "Stories for the extreme teens heart" and I’ve always loved this quote. It paints a picture that stays with you — a fragile violet, stepped on and bruised, yet releasing its sweetest fragrance in that very moment of pain. Isn’t that what forgiveness truly is? The ability to respond to hurt with grace, to choose peace instead of bitterness.</p><p><br/></p><p>The violet doesn’t hold back its beauty simply because it’s been crushed. It gives what it has — its scent, its softness, its quiet resilience. And somehow, in that act, it becomes even more beautiful.</p><p><br/></p><p>But for us humans, forgiveness doesn’t come that easily, does it?</p><p>When someone wrongs us, the first instinct is to close up, to build walls, to repay pain with silence or anger. Yet, like the violet, there’s something deeply freeing in choosing to let go. Forgiveness doesn’t mean forgetting. It doesn’t mean what they did was right. It simply means we refuse to let that hurt define us.</p><p><br/></p><p>Holding onto anger only poisons the heart that carries it. But forgiveness — real forgiveness — is like a healing fragrance. It softens us, clears our hearts, and reminds us that we can bloom again, even after being crushed.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe forgiveness isn’t about the other person at all. Maybe it’s about us — about refusing to become like the pain that hurt us. About choosing to stay soft, even when life gives us reasons to harden.</p><p><br/></p><p>So the next time you’re wronged, think of the violet.</p><p>It doesn’t lose its beauty when stepped on — it reveals it.</p><p><br/></p><p>“To forgive is to free yourself — to become the fragrance, not the bruise.” </p><p><br/></p>
Fragrance of Forgiveness
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