“Forgiveness means abandoning all hope for a better past.” ~ Jack Kornfield (born 1945)
Kornfield is an American Buddhist monk, author, and educator. He is a “preeminent teacher of Theravada Buddhism to the West.”
[Source: quotation from my friend Libby. Date and biographical information (and second quotation) from Wikipedia, accessed November 3, 2010.]
Andrew Shattuck McBride, Writer's Blog 
I like this man’s way of thinking! Thanks for sharing.
Write on!
Carolyn