"Love isn't really love unless it is practical. The first step on the path of practical love is always forgiveness. First, last and always, forgive. When we refuse to forgive a friend or an enemy who has wronged us, we tie ourselves not only to that person but to his anger. We create negative karma with that person and we are not truly free of that person until we resolve the anger and balance the karma."

Self-forgiveness is a great birth. It is the state of consciousness that arises from our willingness to accept, without judgment, all of who we are, our seeming shortcomings as well as our innate glory!