FIND RELIEF FROM STRESS - THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS

 "The insight of a man certainly slows down his anger, and it is beauty on his part to overlook an offense." - PROVERBS 19:11.

In the Journal of Health Psychology. Loren Toussaint states that "stress degrades [health] and forgiveness protects health." He adds:  "Forgiveness is the release of negative-and the potential enhancement of positive-feelings, emotions, and behaviors  toward an  offender."  He thus concludes that a forgiving spirit "may help minimize stress-related disorders." 

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