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It is hard to imagine a world without forgiveness. Without forgiveness life would be unbearable. Without forgiveness our lives are chained, forced to carry the sufferings of the past and repeat them with no release.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
Author
Psychologist
Writer
the United States of America
Hard
Forgiveness
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Release
Life
Carry
Chained
World
Imagine
Sufferings
Suffering
Unbearable
Lives
Repeat
Past
Repeats
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