To Be: Forgiving of my own Failures

Posted on | January 21, 2008 |

It’s hard to overlook your own mistakes. The things we set out to do and fall short of, the plans we make, the people we let down.

Forgiving others is hard; forgiving yourself is even harder.

Today, try to be a friend to yourself. What would you say to a friend who had really messed up. Really.

Would you kick them while they’re down? Would you call them names? Would you remind them constantly of what they did and how bad they messed up?

Of course you wouldn’t. So don’t do that to yourself.

Find forgiveness somewhere in your heart for all of the things you just plain ol forgot, messed up, or did way in the past. Often, when you practice forgiveness of yourself, you’ll be able to overcome whatever it is that’s holding you back from being the person you were meant to become.

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