{"id":1591,"date":"2010-03-22T02:49:01","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T09:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/breckenridge\/?page_id=1591"},"modified":"2015-10-14T00:38:02","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T07:38:02","slug":"tao-of-james","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?page_id=1591","title":{"rendered":"Tao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Frontcover.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1592\" title=\"Frontcover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Frontcover-264x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Frontcover-264x300.png 264w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Frontcover.png 441w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It really doesn&#8217;t matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgive. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bamboolong.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1598\" title=\"bamboolong\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bamboolong-300x29.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bamboolong-300x29.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bamboolong.gif 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, <em>&#8220;Don&#8217;t do it!&#8221;<\/em> He said<em>, &#8220;Nobody loves me.&#8221;<\/em> I said<em>, &#8220;God loves you. 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