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Musician Gregg Allman Can't Forgive Himself
In his 2012 memoir titled My Cross to Bear, Gregg Allman, the lead singer for the Allman Brothers Band, recounts the regret he still carries about his ...
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President Reagan's Daughter Regrets Their Broken Relationship
In the early 1980s, Patti Davis was passionately opposed to the buildup of nuclear weapons. She constantly spoke at rallies criticizing the nuclear arms ...
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Study Explores How We Deal with Guilt
Research published in the journal Psychological Science found that people's feelings of guilt are lessened after they experience pain.
Some volunteers ...
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Nurse Records the Top Five Regrets of the Dying
Bonnie Ware, an Australian nurse, has spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. As Ware ...
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Man Unjustly Imprisoned Ministers to Prisoners
Late one night, Emanuel Lighe returned home to find police waiting for him. There was a death in the village, and Lighe's name topped the suspect ...
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Famous Mountain Climber Struggled to Forgive
Many mountain climbers regard Italian Walter Bonatti as the greatest climber of all time. In 1954, when he was 24-years-old, he was the youngest member ...
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A Family Outing to the Apple Orchard: The Ideal Versus the Real
In a sermon, Stewart Ruch said:
In family life and in church life, there's always a huge gap between the ideal and the real. For example, every autumn ...
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Dad Forgives Daughter for Taking Coins
In a blog for Kyria entitled “The Sweet Relief of Grace,” Marian V. Liautaud writes:
My dad kept a coin jar on his dresser. Every night when ...
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Basketball Star Chris Paul Forgives His Grandfather’s Killers
In April, 2011, Rick Reilly wrote a moving story about forgiveness from the life of Chris Paul, the all-star basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets. ...
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Early Church Leader Helps Younger Christian Overcome Anger
During the days of the "desert fathers" (a 4th century Christian movement that tried to renew the church), a young man came to his spiritual ...
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