also forgive myself. May the misfortunes of the past no longer weigh on my heart. Instead of pain and resentment, I choose understanding and compassion. Instead of rebellion, I choose the music from my violin. Instead of grief, I choose forgetting. Instead of vengeance, I choose victory. ‘I will be capable of loving regardless of whether I am loved in return, Of giving even when I have nothing, Of working happily even in the midst of difficulties,

