Self-Forgiveness

Guilt is a wasted emotion as it does not help the person that you feel guilty about and it certainly does not help you.

We may want others’ forgiveness, but that comes from a place of self-gratification. We are asking forgiveness of others to avoid the harder work of forgiving ourselves.

Many of us torture ourselves over our mistakes for decades, even after we’ve genuinely attempted to make amends.

There are no mistakes, only lessons. If you have done something that you feel guilty about, acknowledge your part in it, take responsibility for what is yours, understand the lesson and grow from it. Release the guilt, release the shame and commit to yourself that you will and can do better.

Without self-forgiveness your confidence will take a knock and your stress levels will increase.

You are created in God’s image. You carry the God spark within you. You are created perfectly, you just need to believe it. You are worthy of happiness – gift yourself the time and effort to deal with and find new perspectives on the guilt/shame/regret/disappointment. Be free to live your life!

“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know” – Pema Chodron

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