forgiveness

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 18, 2014 by lkthayer

“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mark Twain

Posted on August 13, 2012 by lkthayer

” Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”

– Mark Twain

Fruit For Thought…

Posted on September 17, 2011 by lkthayer

“One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything

before you go to bed”

Ann Landers

“Fruit For Thought…”

Posted on January 26, 2010 by lkthayer

Noter Oil Painting Reproduction - A Still Life With A White Porcelain Pitcher

“One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything

everynight before you go to bed.”

– Bernard Baruch

forgiveness is like a missing person
buried under the rubble, gasping for breath
forgiveness is the key that unlocks
the heavy barricade between life and death
weak or strong. It can open the weightiest
doors that block one from loving embraces
and outstretched hearts.

forgiveness is a cup of tea made with chamomile
and a smile, a reassuring touch of gentle caresses
and kisses upon your cheek.
forgiveness is a wooly sweater knit by the Gods
to wrap around your sins and cloak yourself
to sleep a thousand dreams

hoping just one will come true.

L. K. Thayer

Photo by VC Ferry

“IN CONCERT” by Alexis Rhone Fancher

Posted on January 17, 2010 by lkthayer

the couple sitting in front of us

got up abruptly, moved down an entire

row to vacant seats.

die-hard Madeline Peyroux fans, he said.

why? was I loud?

you were an asshole.

really?

yeah, you kept talking, and hooped and

hollered after every song.

I love her. I’m enthusiastic, I said.

you were an asshole, he insisted.

yeah? well, you shouldn’t have given me that

4th vodka rocks, I said.

I don’t remember pouring it down your

throat.

you twisted my arm.

maybe. but you were the asshole.

really?

mmmm.

did I embarrass you?

no. I’m with you, baby.

thanks.

for what?

for loving me when I’m

an asshole.

de rien, cherie, he said.

Photo & Poem by

-Alexis Rhone Fancher

for Fancher

Mark Twain (quote)

Posted on December 16, 2009 by lkthayer

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”

– Mark Twain

Charles Dickens (quote)

Posted on December 8, 2009 by lkthayer

Photo by VC Ferry

“But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round… as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.”

Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

VC Ferry