Everyone talks about forgiveness and probably makes a big deal of it, telling us how to ignore how we feel and go out to forgive others, even though it hurts us.
But the most important form of forgiveness is the least talked about.
The one without which all other forgiveness cannot stand.
It’s the one many people dismiss as ‘selfish’ yet nothing could be further from the truth
There are people who have made mistakes and genuinely want to do better but always find themselves doing worse. Each time, they make bigger vows to themselves after a mistake, only to end up making an even bigger mistake.
This usually happens because the new “solution” quickly becomes the new problem.
Oga, forgive yourself first!!
Signs You Haven’t Forgiven Yourself
The easiest way to stay stuck because of past mistakes is not to forgive yourself. As cliché as that sounds, you may not realize how much damage is still happening because of this.
You probably think you have forgiven yourself, but I’m sure you have not.
- If in any area where you’ve made mistakes before, you find yourself overanalyzing and over-criticizing yourself before making moves, you have not forgiven yourself…
- If you keep reliving the pain of your past mistakes, you have not forgiven yourself…
- If fear of repeating mistakes keeps you paralyzed, you have not forgiven yourself…Unforgiveness towards yourself is a huge, energy-draining burden. It traps you in a cycle that never leads to your betterment.
You cannot live fully by constantly beating yourself up.
So, What Do You Do?
- Speak to yourself with compassion, knowing that mistakes don’t make you a failure.
- Acknowledge the mistake without judgment.
- Extract the lesson hidden in it.
- Take small corrective actions instead of ruminating endlessly.Understand this: you will almost certainly make mistakes again. But the way to correct them is not by being hard on yourself, it is by analyzing them, learning from them, and finding ways to avoid them in the future.
At the end of the day, you cannot pour from an empty cup.
Forgive yourself first because your future depends on it.
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