Best 4 quotes of Carolyn Miller on MyQuotes

How childish to have thought love was something that happened to her rather than something she could learn to cultivate.

I believe we give feelings permission to live in our hearts by whether we choose to think upon such things or not. The more we think about certain matters the greater impact they effect, until they can tend to obsess us.

I certainly struggled with anger and resentment for quite some time." "And how did you change?" "God used Aunt Drusilla to help me see that unforgiveness binds, but forgiving sets us free. It actually does us more good because our heart is not so cluttered with poisonous thoughts against others. So I had to ask God to help me, forgive me, in order to forgive others. I still do. I certainly do not mean to imply that I am never angry or resentful, simply that I am learning to not let such emotions possess me. (The Making of Mrs. Hale)

Unforgiveness is a poison that shrivels the heart. It means a person cannot truly live in the present as they're always thinking about the past.